If a vegan gets Salmonella from the outbreak from tomatoes, will they still be considered vegan?

Question

I mean since you only can get it from poultry, eggs, unprocessed milk and in meat.

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure if your eating food with salmonella the food being vegan is not very important... I imagine you'd be rather sick and not too concerned whether that killer tomato you just ate was technically vegan.

Answer 2

Of course they would still be considered vegan.  I don't exactly understand your logic.  If a vegan unknowingly eats a tainted fruit or vegetable, they are completely innocent and following the vegan guidelines to a T.  

no one would knowingly eat poisoned food unless they had a death wish.

Answer 3

WHY DO U CARE !

Answer 4

The bacteria got into the soil..it was not the tomatoes that grew with salmonella.

Answer 5

The salmonella outbreaks in produce have been linked to...animal waste used as fertilizer.  Or runoff from animal confinement facilities contaminating fields where the food is grown.  Yes, one is still considered vegan is s/he unknowingly eats a tainted tomato.

Answer 6

Taxonomically, no problem. Bacteria are not animals; they are prokaryotes. No matter how sick one gets, one has not broken the vegan pledge in eating them.

Answer 7

Yes, their intention was never to consume the Salmonella. I don't think even the non-vegan folks intend to consume the Salmonella. They can cause serious illnesses and/or deaths if they're seniors or infants.

Salmonella can be transferred from animals to soil, soil to plants, plants to humans who consumed it. So really, any plant or soil can contain Salmonella, depending on the source. (If you got the vegetables from a "veganic" farmers I guess you can lower the chances of getting these nasty bacteria.)

Read about the Real Causes of Salmonella Outbreak In Tomatoes:

http://www.vegtaste.com/main/posting.php...

Answer 8

HOW DID YOU GET THAT CUTE LITTLE DINOSAUR AS YOUR AVATAR????(the question, by the way I have no clue)

Answer 9

If they get Salmonella, being a vegan will be the least of their worries.

Answer 10

You can get salmonella from cantaloupe, or even in a water supply, it is a bacterial infection.  It frequently is found in meat sources, however can be found elsewhere.  Seriously, facts verses fiction here.

Answer 11

Yeah, definitely. Being vegan is about whats in your head and what you believe in. If a vegan was to be injected with chicken stock whist they slept, it wouldn't change who they are.

Answer 12

salmonella is a bacteria that can reproduce on anything even plants. So getting sick with salmonella is something unrelated to eating meat or any animal product