I’m all about mocking the American Century of Humiliation brought on by cuts to their food safety system, but in this case isn’t there evidence that the contaminated lettuce was originally sourced from Mexico? I’m not super big on trusting any evidence from the MAGA admin but AFAIK that’s all we’ve got.
Correct, so far it seems the lettuce is from Mexico, and it’s not the first time this has happened (outbreaks during the spring and summer are pretty common, regardless of administration).
In this case It’s less about the source and more about the cuts to FDA/CDC to trace and mitigate. Like it was US-based lettuce that was the problem then obviously there’s be an additional layer of accountability.
in 2024, they had to recall another crop that had E coli which caused more severe disease then self-limiting diarrhea, and resulted in one death. E.coli strains(O15H7) that produces Shiga toxins is pretty dangerous. the crop was oNIONs, that was used by mcdonalds.
seems taylor farms is supplies a majority of the veggies you see in stores. alot of chains seem to sell taylor farm salads, and other vegetables.
Yeah, I don’t trust this administration to not cover it up to save face. No way of knowing what kinds of talks have been happening behind closed doors at the white house.
I’m all about mocking the American Century of Humiliation brought on by cuts to their food safety system, but in this case isn’t there evidence that the contaminated lettuce was originally sourced from Mexico? I’m not super big on trusting any evidence from the MAGA admin but AFAIK that’s all we’ve got.
Correct, so far it seems the lettuce is from Mexico, and it’s not the first time this has happened (outbreaks during the spring and summer are pretty common, regardless of administration).
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/12/nx-s1-5890935/cyclosporiasis-cyclospora-outbreak-diarrhea-states-us
So funny meme I guess, but is is pretty shitty when you think about it.
In this case It’s less about the source and more about the cuts to FDA/CDC to trace and mitigate. Like it was US-based lettuce that was the problem then obviously there’s be an additional layer of accountability.
That said, it’s way bigger of an outbreak than we’ve had in decades
FDA said yesterday it was a false positive
after taylor farms gave republicans a million dollars, of course.
in 2024, they had to recall another crop that had E coli which caused more severe disease then self-limiting diarrhea, and resulted in one death. E.coli strains(O15H7) that produces Shiga toxins is pretty dangerous. the crop was oNIONs, that was used by mcdonalds.
seems taylor farms is supplies a majority of the veggies you see in stores. alot of chains seem to sell taylor farm salads, and other vegetables.
The Taylor farms check cleared.
I’m dumb and/or not following this at all. What does that mean in this context: that they can’t actually say that the lettuce was from Mexico?
Likely it means the farm bribed Trump to call it a false positive to save reputation. They had donated a million to him before.
probably protection racket, in case they get a class action suit agains tthem, he will try intefere.
Yeah, I don’t trust this administration to not cover it up to save face. No way of knowing what kinds of talks have been happening behind closed doors at the white house.
That’s why this headline is funny right?