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Taylor Farms expands iceberg lettuce recall to 27 states

foodJul 18, 20261307,943

Taylor Fresh Foods and Taylor Farms said they are recalling all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico that was sold in the U.S. after the FDA linked it to a cyclosporiasis outbreak. The company said the lettuce was distributed from June 29 through July 16 to retailers and distributors in 27 states, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan and Texas. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention linked cases of cyclosporiasis to lettuce sold at some Taco Bell restaurants and urged people not to eat Taco Bell lettuce in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. The CDC has reported nearly 7,000 cyclosporiasis cases confirmed or under investigation. Taylor Fresh Foods said no other products nationwide are affected and that no Taylor Farms-branded salad kits contain iceberg lettuce. The company said it is actively removing the affected lettuce, has stopped receiving iceberg lettuce from the implicated lot and has suspended distribution of lettuce from central Mexico. The FDA website carries a full list of recalled products with descriptions and best-by dates for consumers and retailers to check.

paris martineau
@paris.nyc

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-...

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Naomi Kritzer96

It'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.

Sky Marchini50

i'm convinced that if taco bell hadn't said anything this entire thing would have been swept under the rug bsky.app/profile/pari...

Hipster Viking Amy33

And we would’ve got away with it, if it wasn’t for that meddling Taco Bell

Karl13

So our good friends at Taco Bell were the ones that actually ID'd the source of MAHA Blast. Taylor Farms was still shipping until Thursday.

Elisabeth Van Every6

Thread. This recall is being handled, well, very badly.

Lisa Kadonaga4

Either Taylor Farms doesn't have a precise inventory management system (which these days is optimistic to the point of foolishness). Or they do, and are refusing to share the information (which is obstruction).

WhinterQueen4

ope, i was right to say that doctor from fargo was super wrong about the risk, jfc TWENTY SEVEN STATES

Deer Lady833

I knew my state got the butt lettuce.

Missing Ingredient Goddess3

It'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?

Victoria Strauss2

As a long-time vegetarian, I'm often asked if I eat a lot of salads. The answer is no, and this is why. So many contamination events linked to raw greens.

John Breen
@breen.tech

Btw, Wegman’s lettuce is from Taylor Farms. Since TF won’t tell you who they sell to

A bag of poop lettuce from Wegman’s. You can tell it’s Taylor Farms by the TF product code
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Coach Finstock
@coachfinstock.bsky.social

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

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