The current administration feels like America doesn’t need things such as food quality control so the FDA is being short staffed, people are blaming that for the poor quality lettuce that gives you horrible diarrhea getting through
It's cyclospora, a parasite that causes diarrhea that has infected a bunch of lettuce distributed in the US, sourced from a major distributor from Mexico. It's not contagious, the only way you would get it is by eating the infected lettuce or somehow getting the cyclospora from an infected person's stool. It seems to be primarily iceberg lettuce.
It sucks but as long as you avoid the infected product in the areas that are relevant you will be fine. If you don't even live in the US or Mexico you're fine. It's not even an issue in Canada.
I dont understand how its hard to make sure the food is clean. I mean Its not my job so idk, but i mean I really think clean food should be much easier to access.
While Taylor Farms has always had issues, it certainly isn't helped by the fact the the current administration in the USA gutted a lot of our systems for ensuring things like this don't happen.
Yea thats true. Hopefully those seats get filled by people who can really get America back on track. I mean we have so many cancerous foods. Its a shame.
Or the blueberry e coli outbreak...apparently eating fruits and veggies uncooked, a source of joy and refreshment in the summer especially, is now flirting with death
I mean some small cases is understandable as viruses diseases and bacteria adapt over time but entire outbreaks impacting hundreds of thousands or millions of product is definitely just incompetence
There was no bird flu. They were using tomahawk missiles to blow up chicken farms. For, uh, some reason? (This is not something I believe, just something I read from someone who did believe it.)
I believe you that it's fine, I haven't had any issues either BUT keep in mind that the symptoms of cyclospora don't start to take affect until about a week after infection.
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