Taylor Farms expands iceberg lettuce recall to 27 states
New: Late last night, Taylor Farms quietly posted an official recall notice We now know that the parasite-linked iceberg lettuce was shipped to Walmart & food distributors in 27 (!) states It was for some reason still being sent out up until Thursday July 16 www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
paris martineau358The way this recall has been handled so far is absolutely bizarre. Instead of listing brand names, Taylor Farm used internal abbreviations for all the products impacted I was able to get Walmart and Sysco to confirm their products were impacted, but the lack of details is a nightmare for consumers
Nona Jabiznez61I had a bag of Taylor salad 2 weeks ago that ended up in the trash bc I lost power 2 days and it went bad. That tree coming down on my porch now seems like a small price to pay to have avoided 1-6 weeks of explosive diarrhea.
Alberto Florida Man35“… for some reason…” Because everyone responsible for making sure this kind of thing doesn’t happen either got fired or has been bought.
Patrick Delahanty19My protein shake, shrimp, and salad restaurant is really taking a hit this year.
Jed Leonard9I guess they kept sending it out because no one made them stop.
maxsec.bsky.social7If only you guys had an agency related to food safety or something... 😬
Mike Spangenberg112Wait, when the focus was Taco Bell, the media were using photos of the Taco Bell logo. Now we know it’s Taylor Farms and we’re using a photo of a head of lettuce? Here, use this
Naomi Kritzer50It's striking to me that in addition to continuing to ship right up until the day before yesterday, they shipped this lettuce to Iowa and Wisconsin but not Minnesota, the state with the notoriously good team for sourcing these outbreaks.
Mollz (ballz)13NC announced our outbreak was not linked to taco bell So uh have to wonder
Darren and Poley6bonkers that we’ve known it was them for like two weeks and they JUST NOW are recalling it. man, I miss a good FDA.
Silmaria 🏳️🌈6This is why people were saying it's not just Taco Bell and stop blaming them for the full outbreak. They were just the company on the ball enough to stop selling lettuce before being told to, so they got the bad press. (Also, let's be honest, Taco Bell diarrhea jokes write themselves.)
Ether Diver3"For some reason" ... was it money? Was that the reason?
Dr. Katherine Haenschen3Just a reminder that the only mechanism for transmission is human feces on the lettuce. It does not infect animals. Human poop on the lettuce. Poop lettuce shipped to 27 states. Poop lettuce.
Deer Lady832I knew my state got the butt lettuce.
Missing Ingredient Goddess2It's a hell of a thing to have to not buy lettuce in the warmer months but it's been that way for me since the earlier Romaine and berry contaminations. Sure, you should wash produce before storage. Have you ever tried washing iceberg lettuce?
Denise Ferreira2This is precisely why government oversight is needed. You cannot depend on companies that make a buck off product to pull that product off shelves because they’re ’a good bunch of folks’ looking out 4 ppl. Being incumbent on the goodness of corporations just doesn’t work.
I am throwing my banner behind Taco Bell for first notifying the country that we have explosive butt parasite lettuce. Also because I'll die without Nacho Fries.
Hillary Monahan135Taylor farms is a major Republican donor. The CDC no longer records listeria outbreaks. Taco Bell. Oh Captain My Captain.
Brian, nope too perilous39We ride on Taylor Farms at dawn. Well, okay. Noon.
Dan the Gnome28Yeah, and they were dumping their lettuce long before they actually had to
Liz Thurmond26The government is SO MAD AT THEM for telling on the poop lettuce farm
seagullsteph.bsky.social20So...um...Taco Bell is the new CDC? Well, someone has to do it. Still loads better than Rfk.
8+6+4+7=25TH17Taco Bell isn't even to blame anyways. The second they heard about the parasite they made efforts to eliminate the possibility that anyone would catch it from their restaurants. Taylor Foods is responsible. An american based company is responsible for poisoning Americans.
The Quantum Scribe ⚾️ 🇲🇽 🤘🏳️🌈 💖💜💙3I haven’t had a burrito supreme in the 19 months I’ve lived outside the U.S. and swear to god if America turns away from Taco Bell I’m burning that MFer to the ground. It’s literally the only thing I want when I’m forced to visit.
Agnes of Caerbanogg 🐇🐹🦜🐈⬛3Explosive Butt Parasite Lettuce is the name of my Ramones cover band
kdawg0113.bsky.social3A Taco Bell on every corner
In the last 15 years, Taylor Farms has had at least four major foodborne illness outbreaks. That sounds dangerous to me. Sounds like they might need…oh, what’s that word Republicans hate?… Regulations.
Melina7Question is what other markets do they supply. Their salad kits are in the local market here. But more important, are they supplying markets with boxes of prewashed greens under another label? A list of all of the outlets that they provide greens to would be helpful. Store brands, like Whole Foods??
Zacharydideas5Great idea. Sadly, Bruce Taylor (Taylor Farm’s CEO) is a Republican mega donor. It looks like there won’t be any food safety until we vote out all of these people.
#FDT4Taylor Farms doesn't let workers take bathroom breaks.
michaelspoint.bsky.social4That's a great idea! That would make sure the food doesn't make people sick!
bytor0509.bsky.social4I was talking to a coworker about this last night and explaining that regulations do things like , help prevent illness , housing crises, stock market collapses, etc
T-Fish🇨🇦🍁4Taylor got into bed with Trump so he didn’t have to have any of those pesky inspections to make sure safety regulations were met. This is why the billionaires love him so much.
Btw, Wegman’s lettuce is from Taylor Farms. Since TF won’t tell you who they sell to
John Breen42I’ve been using www.taylorfarms.com/recall/ if it helps
Kristen Seversky16You can check that lil code there with the TF at the beginning to confirm it. Such a fun time! /s
Doctor Cucumber6Check your lot numbers. It's from multiple suppliers. This one is from Taylor Farms, as indicated by the TF, TFPM, TFRB, and TFRS. This also applies to other store brands including Aldi, Target, Kroger, etc.
Jay Loveridge (Cunt Era) $535/7003food you *dont* feel good about. fuck you danny wegman
John Barron Harkonnen3Only mexican lettuce is being recalled, no? This says product of USA so it should be good….right? Maybe?
rmacdca2I would assume most lettuce comes from Taylor Farms as they dominate the grow in Salinas.
public health guy954we’re going to be seeing a lot of posts like these because the government isn’t publishing the names of sellers. it will very likely result in even more economic damage to the companies they are trying to protect AND to ones that don’t even use the products.
Maybell Romero31Look at the lot number. Does it start with TF? Don’t buy it!
Kari Dru29It'll have a TF in the code if your salad came from them, which it has a statistically high chance of doing.
Kathleen E. Kennedy9Guy on one of my buses works at a local shop and often takes product sourcing calls on the bus and yesterday they were discussing extent of possible exposure to TF and how to limit.
🌱von🌱7Reminder that the free market guys say this is a better system than government regulation
Keeper of the Really Smart Words4Oh fuuuu… time to clear the fridge.
Bus Aficionada2It should be illegal to sell the same product under so many goddamn names
I don't understand the hate towards Taco Bell. They don't grow the lettuce, they just buy it. Bitch about Taylor Farms.
Pretti Good Ferrerman11As I found out just yesterday, the CEO of Taco Bell is a black man. Taylor Farms is a BIGLY republican donor. That's how crime is solved these days.
Clever User Name8Taco Bell was first in pro-actively stopping putting fresh greenery on their food items. I don’t eat fast-food. I have no allegiance towards any fast-food chain. But I will recognize and applauded those who put safety over profit.
glscienze.bsky.social7Taylor Farms was also responsible for the contaminated onions at McDonalds a few years back. Taco Bell took action early in an abundance of caution, turned out they were correct. Not sure what actions the govt took.
Ann T. Social3Of course Americans got it from fast food because an enormous percentage of them wouldn’t eat or make a salad if their lives depended on it.
tiredcountrylady.bsky.social3And they pulled anything remotely suspicious before the FDA even thought about investigating. What else are they suppose to do?
eotswotm.bsky.social2Birch about Kennedy. He cut the program that tests for it.
from all we know taco bell did everything right. they caught it early, pulled any possible products, and were way ahead of both the government and the supplier whose fault it actually was. but it’s getting pinned on them
Brian Floyd111they even did the notes app apology
Dapper Dan Man 19I'm always reminded that it's called the Spanish flu because Spain was the only country actually counting and reporting cases even though is started in like... Kansas.
Prologue Black1Ah the old South African variant dilemma
Mike99Glass half full: if there is a long gone Taco Bell menu item you’ve been wanting to make a comeback, now is the time to start writing emails because they will be listening
stim possible1811yo just said “i think i’m gonna avoid taco bell for the next six months” and i showed him this to help explain that the next six months are maybe the safest time in history to eat taco bell because they’re gonna be fighting real hard against the image of explosive diarrhea
Scott Matla16Taco Bell remains the last bastion of sanity in this world I swear to god
Jesus Zoidberg: Fix Your Hearts or Die10Because it's considered poor people slop, and when you can just sum up a problem by connecting it to poor folks, you always do it.
Dave DuFour 🐉8One step closer to winning the Franchise War
JosABanks5This is all an op by Chipotle. It’s so clear. Classic bad lettuce op. I’ve seen it a million times.
Taylor Farms is based in CA and yet CA isn't listed on the 27 states affected and they are all over the grocery stores here. Very interesting stuff about the food supplier chain and where the contamination could've occurred. I'm gonna learn a lot I think
Sarah Taber9Yeah that's bc the lettuce that we think caused it, came from 1 farm in Mexico. And California already grows more lettuce than it needs. So there's no reason to ship MORE lettuce to California. It's kinda like asking why Alaska only ships ice to places that aren't Alaska 🤷♀️
Josephus Brown5just cause they're based in cali doesn't mean all their farms are i know there were a bunch of laws passed in CA about, like, farm workers needing to have access to bathrooms and water to wash their hands with, so i imagine there's separate production lines for some of this
Bote Man1You might find her account enlightening and maddening: bsky.app/profile/sara...
taraander.bsky.social1They identified the farm as being in Central Mexico so it’s probably just a matter of logistics.
As a person who ate Taylor Farms bagged salads for lunch at work basically every day from January until April I do feel like a high caliber bullet has whizzed by my head
Kendra, normal version64Now, did eating a pound of raw cabbage five days a week do some very interesting things to my digestive system? Yes. But what those things were might surprise you
Cathy G. Johnson🏴6Us too, I ate one for lunch every day last week lol. I did wash the lettuce out of the bags, though
Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints1Sorry but you are now the Ellie of our bagged salad last of us scenario and we must get you to a lab
