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-...
The 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
“… for some reason…” Because everyone responsible for making sure this kind of thing doesn’t happen either got fired or has been bought.
My protein shake, shrimp, and salad restaurant is really taking a hit this year.
Taylor Farm are major maga azzhats. This isn't their first rodeo. That's why fingers went pointing to Taco Bell instead of TF. Im no fan of Taco Bell, but give them credit for being responsible and pulling products. Everything that is going on has been covered up to shield the real problem.
I guess they kept sending it out because no one made them stop.
If only you guys had an agency related to food safety or something... 😬
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.
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...
And we would’ve got away with it, if it wasn’t for that meddling Taco Bell
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.
Thread. This recall is being handled, well, very badly.
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).
ope, i was right to say that doctor from fargo was super wrong about the risk, jfc TWENTY SEVEN STATES
I knew my state got the butt lettuce.
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?
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.
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.
Taylor farms is a major Republican donor. The CDC no longer records listeria outbreaks. Taco Bell. Oh Captain My Captain.
We ride on Taylor Farms at dawn. Well, okay. Noon.
Yeah, and they were dumping their lettuce long before they actually had to
The government is SO MAD AT THEM for telling on the poop lettuce farm
So...um...Taco Bell is the new CDC? Well, someone has to do it. Still loads better than Rfk.
Taco 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.
I 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.
Explosive Butt Parasite Lettuce is the name of my Ramones cover band
A 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.
Question 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??
Great 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.
Taylor Farms doesn't let workers take bathroom breaks.
That's a great idea! That would make sure the food doesn't make people sick!
I 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
Taylor 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
I’ve been using www.taylorfarms.com/recall/ if it helps
You can check that lil code there with the TF at the beginning to confirm it. Such a fun time! /s
Check 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.
food you *dont* feel good about. fuck you danny wegman
Only mexican lettuce is being recalled, no? This says product of USA so it should be good….right? Maybe?
I would assume most lettuce comes from Taylor Farms as they dominate the grow in Salinas.
we’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.
Look at the lot number. Does it start with TF? Don’t buy it!
It'll have a TF in the code if your salad came from them, which it has a statistically high chance of doing.
Guy 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.
Reminder that the free market guys say this is a better system than government regulation
It should be illegal to sell the same product under so many goddamn names
Oh fuuuu… time to clear the fridge.
*how im feeling going grocery shopping in the state with record cases of people getting explosive diarrhea*
I don't understand the hate towards Taco Bell. They don't grow the lettuce, they just buy it. Bitch about Taylor Farms.
As 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.
Taco 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.
Taylor 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.
And they pulled anything remotely suspicious before the FDA even thought about investigating. What else are they suppose to do?
Birch about Kennedy. He cut the program that tests for it.
Of 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.
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
they even did the notes app apology
I'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.
Ah the old South African variant dilemma
Glass 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
11yo 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
Taco Bell remains the last bastion of sanity in this world I swear to god
Because 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.
One step closer to winning the Franchise War
This 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
Yeah 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 🤷♀️
just 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
Taylor is more than anything a packaging company. They buy lettuce and other ingredients from many farms. Their scope also means they have huge risk exposure. Having been to two of theirs and many other lettuce packing houses, they do better than others I’ve been to. It’s a complex problem.
You might find her account enlightening and maddening: bsky.app/profile/sara...
yeah. last night i pointed out to my partner that a huge number of outbreaks were occurring in a food desert where a lot of folks rely on affordably-priced fast food just to get by and he just kinda stopped dead in his tracks.
Minnesota is also not on the list, which I thought might have to do with our food safety laws. Someone commented that the western distributor probably sources from different farms, which makes sense.
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
Now, 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
Us too, I ate one for lunch every day last week lol. I did wash the lettuce out of the bags, though
Sorry but you are now the Ellie of our bagged salad last of us scenario and we must get you to a lab