Americans want straight answers about the cyclosporiasis outbreak, but the nation’s top health official is too busy talking about orange juice and TikTok.
Love that you called it a "shit" show! Precisely what it is. Most of the time the affected items they weren't paying attention to the production of said salad items. We are kind of lucky we have a garden that produced and is producing lettuce, tomatoes, green beans etc. I've had food poisoning and it isn't pleasant but it usually only lasts for a couple days.
RFK, Jr. is making America dangerously unhealthy. Don't buy lettuce and spinach now. And I have stayed away from grapes. I really, really like grapes but they seem to be coming in from Mexico. Not they are bad--but I am just trying to be careful. You can wash a grape--peel one? Not so appetizing. Anyway. Good article Jennifer. Thanks for all you do.
I'm seeing the same thing here. At our regional NE grocery chain head lettuce was packed in the bin to overflowing but no one was in the lettuce area at all. They aren't telling us doodly-squat so like COVID under trump we are all on our own and we know it. I only buy lettuce from our local grower farmers market and I'm pulling out a few nearly spent vegetables in the garden to grow my own lettuce. I feel for lettuce producers that are doing the right thing that are caught up in this. They will likely go down with the ship too.
RFK Jr. is, obviously, a total disaster who has done damage that will take decades to repair, if ever. More interesting to me is Taylor Farms who seem determined to destroy their brand and put themselves into bankruptcy. When it became clear to everyone but RFK Jr. that Taylor was the likely epicenter of the crisis they chose not to do a total recall (think the Tylenol crisis of years ago). Instead they chose to blame a customer, Taco Bell, and send some new bribes to Trump and the MAGAs. But as you have explained, that strategy has neither stopped the outbreak nor reassured consumers. Their days as a predominant supplier to TJs, Whole Foods, Wegmans, Kroeger and all the rest are numbered. I'd bet that Taco Bell and other chains have already cut them off. Tick, tock, tick, tock...and neither RFK Jr. nor Trump can blame Biden or Fauci this time.
RFK Jr. is using the American people as test subjects for his rejection of vaccines and failure to control food contamination. He and Trump really care nothing for the public good.
Love that you called it a "shit" show! Precisely what it is. Most of the time the affected items they weren't paying attention to the production of said salad items. We are kind of lucky we have a garden that produced and is producing lettuce, tomatoes, green beans etc. I've had food poisoning and it isn't pleasant but it usually only lasts for a couple days.
That man is a piece of garbage. Great work voters bringing all this on us. Yeah. Such an improvement. But hey, at least you own the libs eh? FI’s
RFK, Jr. is making America dangerously unhealthy. Don't buy lettuce and spinach now. And I have stayed away from grapes. I really, really like grapes but they seem to be coming in from Mexico. Not they are bad--but I am just trying to be careful. You can wash a grape--peel one? Not so appetizing. Anyway. Good article Jennifer. Thanks for all you do.
I'm seeing the same thing here. At our regional NE grocery chain head lettuce was packed in the bin to overflowing but no one was in the lettuce area at all. They aren't telling us doodly-squat so like COVID under trump we are all on our own and we know it. I only buy lettuce from our local grower farmers market and I'm pulling out a few nearly spent vegetables in the garden to grow my own lettuce. I feel for lettuce producers that are doing the right thing that are caught up in this. They will likely go down with the ship too.
RFK Jr. is, obviously, a total disaster who has done damage that will take decades to repair, if ever. More interesting to me is Taylor Farms who seem determined to destroy their brand and put themselves into bankruptcy. When it became clear to everyone but RFK Jr. that Taylor was the likely epicenter of the crisis they chose not to do a total recall (think the Tylenol crisis of years ago). Instead they chose to blame a customer, Taco Bell, and send some new bribes to Trump and the MAGAs. But as you have explained, that strategy has neither stopped the outbreak nor reassured consumers. Their days as a predominant supplier to TJs, Whole Foods, Wegmans, Kroeger and all the rest are numbered. I'd bet that Taco Bell and other chains have already cut them off. Tick, tock, tick, tock...and neither RFK Jr. nor Trump can blame Biden or Fauci this time.
RFK Jr. is using the American people as test subjects for his rejection of vaccines and failure to control food contamination. He and Trump really care nothing for the public good.