T wrote:
>
> In article >, aux3.DOH.4
> @snet.net says...
> >
> > Sqwertz wrote:
> > >
> > > Andy <q> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm having a hard time grasping the tonnage and cost of wasted tomatoes from
> > > > the farms to the markets and restaurants.
> > > >
> > > > It's devastating the tomato industry!
> > >
> > > They'll be made into a cooked tomato sauce.
> > >
> > > -sw
> >
> > Some will, but a huge number already in the distribution chain at
> > supermarkets and restaurants and their warehouses are simply going to
> > the landfill. Compost at best unfortunately.
> >
>
> Why not just irradiate them to kill off the pathogens?

Might be a good idea to irradiate pretty much all foodstuffs normally
eaten raw given the rates of contamination these days. As for the ones I
noted already in distribution, they would already have spoiled before
you could get them to an irradiation facility since they have a limited
shelf life.