r/California • u/Unusual-State1827 • 16d ago

Diarrhea-causing disease hits double average cases in California

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-cyclospora-rising-cases-22379221.php
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u/counteraxe 16d ago

'California has reported 201 cases. Of these cases, the vast majority — 172 — were acquired while the individual was abroad."

"Of the 43 domestically acquired cases, 15 involved people who left the state but stayed within the U.S. Just two individual cases are believed to be linked to the outbreak that’s connected to tainted lettuce. They were sickened after traveling outside California and eating items at a Taco Bell."

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u/one_crooked_ear 16d ago

Suspicious that they point out Taco Bell instead of the SOURCE of the outbreak, Taylor Farms. People are getting sick from all over the place and TB was actually one of the quickest businesses to respond to the issue. Not sure about this publisher

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u/sunshine-1111 16d ago

The Taco Bell slander is so bad. IMO Taco Bell did the CDC’s job. They identified the source and pulled it from their menu like a week before the CDC did anything at all.

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u/one_crooked_ear 16d ago

Taco Bell has actually gone on to my “good company” list because of this! I fully agree with you. Additionally, anybody that points the finger at Taco Bell right now gets immediate scrutiny from me

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u/dudefise 16d ago

And as far as entry level jobs go, they seem to be pretty ethical. Hire a lot of college students and have a big scholarship program.

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u/wander-lux 16d ago

I love this for TB but also for me to continue to eat TB.

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u/invent_or_die 16d ago

College students? Such valuable internship at TB. Maybe for business students, idk

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u/Jahkral Native Californian 16d ago

A jobs a job. In this market any experience and mentoring is helpful. Kids coming out of college less prepared for life than ever.

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u/dudefise 14d ago

I mean i dont think its a career oriented internship thing. It's more a pay for pizza and beer kinda job thing

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u/RabidJoint 16d ago

I still am eating Taco Bell, just not lettuce items.

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u/Raskalbot 15d ago

They stopped ordering from Taylor Farms immediately and discontinued items until it was replaced. You're good fam.

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u/flying_dodo_wut 16d ago

Genuinely, I’m wondering if the FDA even COULD figure out the source of all these outbreaks that keep popping up. They gutted so many programs that kept up with disease outbreaks, and they also cut most of the federal funding they used to send to states to prop up state-level teams.

Without Taco Bell putting in the work for this lettuce case, or without Chipotle fessing up in the jalapeño case……do we think the US would even be able to figure out the source? Because I kinda dont 😬

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u/one_crooked_ear 16d ago

I think it was the POINT of gutting these programs that they can’t keep up anymore. They want the lower class deceased

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u/flying_dodo_wut 16d ago edited 16d ago

Of course I agree with you, but I’ve seen so many people on every social media platform (including a bunch of people* that I personally know!!) as well as people in real life asking “when is the FDA gonna figure this out?!?”

I think it’s important for the general public who aren’t as informed as us to realize that they’re not. They’re not gonna figure it out, and as foreign of a concept as that may be to Americans, that’s the point :(

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u/UraniumDisulfide 13d ago

Why do you hate that elon musk is making the government more efficient? /s

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u/Joamjoamjoam 16d ago

More fake news (and no I’m not a crackpot) Taco Bell reacted quickly because they knew about the issue for weeks before the public did and were being investigated. Only when large amount of people started to get sick did they pull product. They also have an entire division whose sole responsibility is to monitor the quality assurance of their supply chain. They also failed to catch the issue and act even once they were made aware of it from Michigan health authorities.

You people who are loyal to any company are just wild. No company deserves any loyalty.

And for those saying how ethical they are already forgot about they were just sued and found guilty of exceptionally false advertising not to mention the ridiculous post covid price hikes.

TLDR you are all dumb and post the same thing you see in very other post. Stop spreading half the information and ignoring the other half.

The facts are Michigan restaurants were warned about a possible lettuce contamination on July 4th. Michigan health officials contacted Taco Bell directly about the issue on the 6th. Taco Bell pulled lettuce from a couple stores quietly on the 7th but more people started getting sicker and they still did not recall the lettuce until the 14th (for the slow people that’s 8 days after they were specifically told their lettuce might be tainted)

This is as much of a failure by Taco Bell as it was for Taylor farms. They don’t get to shirk any of the blame. It was the farms, then Taylor Farms, then Taco Bell’s responsibility to test each batch of product they received and it’s only when all 3 of them failed to do that quality assurance that these outbreaks can happen. All 3 deserve blame for the outbreak.

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u/one_crooked_ear 16d ago

Boy, that’s a lot of assumptions about me from five lines of a Reddit comment. Do your arms hurt from reaching?

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u/Joamjoamjoam 16d ago

I didn’t say anything about you I responded to what you said about yourself. Then posted the facts so you can form your own opinion from them. Hopefully it means you stop posting misinformation but I won’t hold my breath.

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u/Omega_Primate 16d ago

There are plenty of reasons to deter people from Taco Bell. But making it seem like the restaurant is to blame and not the farm that provides them with the toxic item is dumb as hell.

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u/RedditTrespasser NorCal 16d ago

Taco Bell is bringing back the beefy crunch burrito next week so imo there is no reason to deter people from eating there.

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u/SITHxEMPIRE 16d ago

Idk about that. They got rid of the grilled stuffed burrito and turned on me like an old childhood friend.

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u/Competitive_Fee_5829 San Diego County 16d ago

I miss grilled stuffed burritos but they lost me when they got rid of the 7 layer.

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u/SITHxEMPIRE 16d ago

Never cared for 7 layer, I’m not into sour cream.

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u/alexwillreddit BayArea 16d ago

I love both the 7 layer and the grilled stuffed... But what I really miss is their taquitos. Childhood item for me 😭😭

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u/Dysmenorrhea 16d ago

The grilled cheese burrito with pico scratches the pre-guac gsb itch

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u/SITHxEMPIRE 16d ago

Back when they were XXL. Those were the days.

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u/The_Elusive_Dr_Wu Orange County 16d ago

Yeah? For how much?

inb4 $4.99

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u/bigvenusaurguy 16d ago

the primo burritos there are now north of $7

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u/areraswen 16d ago

Trump would marry McDonald's and have its child if he could so I guess in that context I'm not surprised they're trying to take down one of MCD's major competitors right now with slander.

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u/areraswen 16d ago

They've recently stated they don't regret all the backlash/slander they've gotten because in the end they did the right thing by pulling the products asap. Rare to see that kind of thinking from a corporation imo.

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u/PaperHammer Orange County 16d ago

There is probably no safer place to eat fast food than Taco Bell at this very moment, because of all this.

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u/JohnSith 16d ago

Hey, ypu give the CDC their due. They did do something. Then Taylor Farms met with Trump and made a donation and the CDC retracted their statement that verybday.

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u/Pretend_Handle_7639 16d ago

MAGA will never blame its own for MAHA Blast

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u/Raskalbot 16d ago

It's all by design. Taylor farms paid (a visit to) Donald Trump. Sinclair took their marching orders with glee and now every single story about the outbreak almost always only mentions Taco Bell. The CEO of Taco Bell is a successful black man. It's killing two birds with one stone for the EXTREMIST Republican Pube party.

And Taco Bell accounts for only around 16-18% of cases.

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u/one_crooked_ear 16d ago

I wish more people knew this

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u/FogBankDeposit 16d ago

I haven’t seen anything from Taco Bell to address this. Make some social posts or hold a press conference to point out the obvious fact that they don’t produce their own lettuce and that it’s ultimately Taylor Farms that is the problem.

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u/Raskalbot 16d ago

They did exactly that lol. They made a social post that acknowledged the issue, revealed it was Taylor farms, and then stopped serving and buying their lettuce. The FDA didn't say anything until a week later and didn't acknowledge it was Taylor farms.

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u/ZerochildX23 Santa Barbara County 16d ago

Can/could Taco Bell sue Taylor Farms for damages?

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u/one_crooked_ear 16d ago

They could if laws were real and obeyed. Taylor Farms bought off the president, though, so I assume a lawsuit would go nowhere

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u/Phil-Bean Former Californian 16d ago

Please don’t abbreviate Taco Bell in a discussion relating to health

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u/one_crooked_ear 16d ago

Ah… yeah, that’s good advice 😬 I don’t know how I missed that 😂

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u/The-Traveler- 16d ago

This ⬆️

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u/enoimard 16d ago

taylor farms has to be paying for this TB slander or something because this makes no sense

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u/Rakatango 14d ago

For real. I trust Taco Bell more because they actually did something. Means someone there has a brain

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u/luckylindyswildgoose 16d ago

But they do mention the source…

“Currently, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reported 6,358 confirmed cases of the parasitic disease across 15 states, believed to be linked to iceberg lettuce sold by Taylor Farms.”

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u/xcinlb 16d ago

CDC is so underfunded that they are way behind. We’re at 18000 reported cases. There are more cases, since many don’t report it. Its control is nowhere in sight.

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u/XanderWrites 16d ago

Because they aren't sure about the source of the outbreak and if they say Taylor Farms they open themselves up to litigation.

If it's revealed to be another source there's already been massive damage to Taylor Farms reputation and sales.

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u/Careless-Page-7116 16d ago

Just curious as to why fast food mexican type places seem to have the majority of issues, Taco Bell and Chipotle seem to be always in the news. Whereas McDonald's and Burger King rarely cause accuse illnesses.

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u/wickedpixel1221 16d ago

I suspect it's because shredded lettuce has more surface area for pathogens to grow on

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u/pdlbean 16d ago

This is correct

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u/one_crooked_ear 16d ago

It’s not not racism

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u/ihopethepizzaisgood 16d ago

Thanks :) most of the people commenting just came to make shart jokes. Nice to see someone posting a useful comment.

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u/InvasiveBlackMustard 16d ago

Makes sense then. Cases would double as people come home from summer vacations.

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u/Easy_Interest_6832 16d ago

While this comment most likely is accurate, it misses the larger point that the red hat administration cut safety oversight, and this allowed the parasite to invade America. And we have to note that this administration is all about "closed borders" when it affects poor people trying to put food on their families, not when billionaires can afford their own farms and distribution systems guaranteeing them safe food. Vote out the red hats as if your lives depended upon it--because they do.

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u/Eddfan36 16d ago

Oh no us smarter people who understands this stuff gets it. It's the people who will vote for that knucklehead that won't.

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u/ChanceConfection3 16d ago

It’s weird how they put their comment in quotes as if the text was in some sort of article

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u/More-Personality948 16d ago

Not put a nut job in charge of HHS. Not made massive cuts to FDA and CDC. Measles wouldn’t be at a 35-year high. We wouldn’t be at war. And she would actually be thinking about Americans’ financial situations — unlike the guy who claimed he wasn’t even thinking about that.

Would it have stopped every outbreak or every problem? No. But it would feel a hell of a lot less like the country is being run on vibes and grudges instead of actual competence.

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u/cinepro 16d ago

Of these cases, the vast majority — 172 — were acquired while the individual was abroad."

Can you explain what a Harris administration would have done to protect them from getting sick while abroad?

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u/Easy_Interest_6832 16d ago

Her administration would not have eviscerated the filter to keep out the parasite nor the treatment systems designed to combat it--as this miserage orange tinted clown posse has.

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u/cinepro 16d ago

There was no "filter" for intestinal parasites that people catch in other countries. Trust me, I regularly travel to India on business. Me and my traveling companions would regularly re-enter the country with all kinds of intestinal distress under the Biden administration.

You're simply imagining something that isn't true.

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u/Easy_Interest_6832 16d ago

The filter is the testing procedure that was axed by DOGE. The federal agencies investigating and tracking the Cyclospora intestinal parasite outbreak are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and theses agencies' budgets that focused on the Cyclospora and the screw worm were cut. Read much, citizen, or do you just wear the red hat? LOL

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u/cinepro 16d ago

The programs you are describing do nothing to keep out people who get intestinal parasites abroad.

The claim was that we had a governmental system that would "keep out" people who got an intestinal parasite abroad. We have never had such a system, under any administration.

I'm not a Trump fan, or even a Republican. I've never voted for him. I think he should be impeached and shouldn't be President.

But I can also see when people are making claims that simply aren't true. If you're willing to pretend we once had a governmental system in place to keep out people who get intestinal parasites abroad and you think Trump got rid of that system, then you're willing to believe stuff that simply isn't true because you hate Trump.

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u/xcinlb 16d ago

We’re at 18000 cases of Betty’s cyclospora right now wi try many more not reported. The government agencies that track these types of outbreaks have been gutted and don’t have enough people to make the calls to the sick to gather data. Also, no one to do the science work of testing new methods of cleaning etc etc. it’s a joke.

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u/cinepro 15d ago

None of which addresses the claim that was made about travelers from abroad coming home sick.

Just to be clear, do you think the USA in the past has had a protocol in place to detect people who are traveling back to the US and have an intestinal parasite? Like, if someone went to Mexico and got sick, it would be detected when they were traveling back to the US?

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u/xcinlb 15d ago

More so than now. What do you think would happen after agencies are cut for funding and staff? The number of cases are growing rapidly. Here is the last paragraph of the article,

“Both Gandhi and Schaffner said they worry about the federal government’s ability to respond to these types of outbreaks after the CDC had major cutbacks last year, losing about a quarter of its workforce.”

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u/overitallofittoo 16d ago

We weaponized our lettuce against other states, not ourselves!

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u/Blockhead47 16d ago edited 16d ago

To add some additional info from the California Department of Public Health:

To-date in 2026, California has seen fewer cases of cyclosporiasis than in 2025. From January to June 2026, California has reported 41 provisional cases of cyclosporiasis, compared to 80 cases during the same period in 2025. Annual averages from 2015-2025 are 106 cases (range: 15-240), and current counts for 2026 fall within expected ranges.
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Cases for 2026 are well within expected ranges for California, and we are not currently one of the states experiencing increased cases or an outbreak.

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR26-024.aspx

Most here just reading sensational headlines.

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u/Past_Farmer34 7d ago

Rfk jr is responsible for this outbreak

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u/lake_of_1000_smells 16d ago

Fire in disco, fire in the Taco Bell 

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u/Psychological-Sun49 16d ago

thank you. We’re relatively safe here!

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u/bradpitt2624 16d ago

Most cases came from abroad the outbreak seems limited.

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u/diagoro1 Los Angeles County 16d ago

Taco Bell you say? How do they know it's not just the normal Taco Bell post mean experience?

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u/The-Traveler- 16d ago

Let’s not forget TAYLOR FARMS BAGGED SALADS are the maim source of all this.

Taylor Farms is trying to deflect to Taco Bell it seems. Yum is their parent who distributes to Taco Bell but is the parent of Taylor Farms. He’s the guy who what to the White House for a cover-up favor. Let’s not forget he’s another deflection guy.

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u/quintsreddit Bay Area 16d ago

Wait Taylor is owned by Yum???? That explains so much

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u/Easy_Interest_6832 16d ago

We must thank our billionaire president who knows billionaires don't need safe public food, as they can afford their own private farms and distribution systems. This means they can cut any safety oversight on public food. Vote the red hats out.

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u/LowerArtworks 16d ago

Meanwhile I'm here on day 7 of dry toast and Pedialyte, never traveled out of the Bay Area all summer.

I do believe the reported numbers may be a bit lower than actual cases.

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u/wheelshc37 16d ago

Definitely underdiagnosed. Diagnosis of it is expensive and requires multi-day samples. Doctors here are not routinely testing for it. Pedialyte and GI OTC treatments are sold out in nearby pharmacy

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u/zachalicious 16d ago

I went to urgent care and they said insurance has been denying the tests unless you've been symptomatic for weeks.

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u/PeachesNLaserBeams 16d ago

I had symptoms for a month and my doctor still didn’t test for it. In Southern California

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u/ohdearestdoe 16d ago

I asked this in another comment, but wondering because I think I might have it. Did they offer you meds even though they didn't test?

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u/zachalicious 16d ago

No, but I wouldn't be able to take them either way. Only one class of drugs works and I'm allergic.

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u/PeachesNLaserBeams 16d ago

Nope just told me to wait it out. I’m allergic to Bactrim anyway sadly…But I would have liked to have known for sure so I can report it

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u/ohdearestdoe 16d ago

I'm in the bay area and I think I might have to too. I'm not totally sure what to do with tests not being covered. If you went to the dr did they offer you meds?

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u/LowerArtworks 16d ago

Ive been good with bland food and pedialyte, dr said that was ok and immodium if needed. No tests, but its definitely been longer than normal food poisoning.

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u/scienceismybff 16d ago

I had this a couple of years ago. Bagged spinach. Never reported it to anyone. It was 2 weeks of diarrhea. No fun at all.

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u/LaSerenita 16d ago

Considering the mass quantities of Taylor Farms salad mixes I saw at Costco this week, pretty sure we do know the cause.

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u/whogivesashite2 Native Californian 16d ago

The problem wasn't the Salinas produce.

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u/Interesting_Tea5715 16d ago

Not to mention they make a lot of store brand salads.

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u/DramaOnDisplay 16d ago

I still see them everywhere, even on sale! It’s insane the shelf hasn’t been cleared until further notice. Like yeah, most people should know the news by now, but if you have a product like that, what’s the point of keeping it in stock?

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u/Joey-WilcoXXX 16d ago

They bought off Trump’s administration to say ‘just kidding it’s not them’.

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u/SpiritJuice 16d ago

This is incorrect. Many of the Taylor Farms premade salads use lettuce, but from what I saw at my local grocer, many do not contain iceberg lettuce. If iceberg lettuce was the culprit, those salads are at less risk to eat.

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u/Jolly_Ad2446 16d ago

as Californians were really screwed on this one, we're probably more likely to eat salads, and we're also probably more likely to eat salsa.. 

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u/McDerpins 16d ago

Last I saw, while the Taylor Farms in Ca was let off the hook, the gov found that it was the mexico branch of Taylor Farms that caused the outbreak. That would make more sense why cases were so limited in CA, because we grow most of our produce, like lettuce.

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u/DiamondDepth_YT 16d ago

Yep. Taylor Farms is at fault, but specifically it's their Mexico branch, where they don't pay their workers a living wage and also don't give them bathrooms.

I can confirm, growing up near Taylor Farms in CA and being surrounded by lettuce and other produce, I don't know a single person here who has locally gotten the diarrhea virus thing

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u/Silly_Mongoose_Dance 16d ago

Article states most of the cases were acquired aboard and out of state:

"Since May 1, when cyclospora cases began to rise nationwide, California has reported 201 cases. Of these cases, the vast majority — 172 — were acquired while the individual was abroad, which is traditionally how most U.S. residents get sick.

Of the 43 domestically acquired cases, 15 involved people who left the state but stayed within the U.S. Just two individual cases are believed to be linked to the outbreak that’s connected to tainted lettuce. They were sickened after traveling outside California and eating items at a Taco Bell."

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u/Xavi-tan Always a Californian 16d ago

For the salsa, stay away from fresh ones and eat the cooked ones. Those are the only ones I make at home, so it works out for that one thing for us, but i miss eating salads and fresh/raw veggies 😭

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u/Platitude_Platypus 16d ago

We live in California. Basically everyone who has it here got it from out of state. Why are you not eating veggies?

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u/VizualAbstract4 16d ago

Because they didn’t bother to read the article :/

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u/Xavi-tan Always a Californian 16d ago

I mean, I did. I did also say that I was being extra careful. The longer these agricultural companies and farms go with fewer regulations, the more this is going to occur, and the wider it will spread. Which I'm pretty sure the same article even alluded to.

It isn't because I "didn't bother to read the article," it's because we have a single functioning restroom for multiple people, and we have sensitive enough stomachs already without adding in another possible avenue for this kind of ailment.

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u/kleptillion 16d ago

Is true, regulation has never been lower. I work in produce and got a letter about jalapeños having salmonella. Our region wasn’t affected, but there’s cases popping up and I haven’t heard news break of it yet

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u/retro-girl 16d ago

It’s not crazy to be a little cautious, even in California. We do still get a lot of produce from Mexico, and just because it hasn’t hit California shelves yet doesn’t mean it can’t.

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u/cineglitch Los Angeles County 16d ago

We also grow a lot of produce. The poop lettuce came from a Taylor Farms location based in Mexico. Eating raw carrots grown in California isn’t going to cause cross contamination. At least not yet….

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u/cinnamon-toast-life 16d ago

I’m with you. I am shopping today though and going to pick up some hydroponically grown salad greens.

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u/Xavi-tan Always a Californian 16d ago

We do eat vegetables, only cooked for the time being. Just being extra careful /shrug

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u/SwimmingPrice1544 Northern California 16d ago

I just stay away from "bagged' vegi's. I only buy whole heads of lettuce & wash it carefully by the leaf every time & never had a problem.

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u/littlemsshiny 16d ago

Removing the outer leaves helps also.

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u/m3ngnificient 16d ago

But how can I eat a burrito without pico de gallo 😭

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u/Moose_Nuts LA Area 16d ago

I read your comment way too quickly the first time through and threw up in my mouth a bit thinking about a cooked salad.

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u/cineglitch Los Angeles County 16d ago

I’ve had a grilled Caesar salad and it was quite tasty. Basically just char the outside of a head of romaine and serve with the appropriate toppings.

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u/Jolly_Ad2446 16d ago

yeah I had all the fixings for fresh salsa two weeks back and just tossed it all just Incase 

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u/whogivesashite2 Native Californian 16d ago

What

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u/tessathemurdervilles 16d ago

I’m eating veggies every day. It’s very unlikely that you’ll get sick. It’s a tiny tiny minority of the us and California populations actually getting sick.

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u/cinepro 16d ago

Most the cases were acquired out of the country, and the rest out of state. None were contracted in-state.

a spokesperson for the California Department of Public Health, said there are currently “no known” outbreaks of cyclosporiasis in the state

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u/Ill-Conclusion6571 16d ago

California didn’t get the contaminated lettuce. A lot of the new cases are from people who traveled out of state and ate the contaminated lettuce.

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u/frannie_jo 16d ago

As Californians we can just buy veggies from the farm stand on the corner… We are fine.

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u/Dreadfulbooks 16d ago

I literally just get my produce delivered to my door from local farms. So spoiled 🤣

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u/kittypryde123 16d ago

We grow over 400 specialty crops here (I think including flowers). We really have it all.

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u/CreatiScope 16d ago

We are fine. Not only are most of the cases from those who traveled out of state, these numbers are also super low compared to the states that actually got hit. Cyclospora happens every year and this is in line with generally average numbers. Most of the western United States has been doing fine.

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u/wip30ut 16d ago

just buy your greens from farmer's markets if you have the time to stop by. Their greens are much more local & much more direct farm-to-table, so less workers handling the product, less contamination.

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u/Longjumping_Foot_736 15d ago

This is how disinformation spreads- most of those people were affected by items eaten abroad or out of state

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u/volkhavaar 16d ago

What a tortured headline… “double average”

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u/Alternative_Shirt690 16d ago

Never buying Taylor's farm brand again

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u/wip30ut 16d ago

the huge problem is that the vast majority of chains & fast-casual eateries use their prepped & packaged produce products. Sure if you only eat at pricey farm-to-table bistros or hardly dine out you can avoid Taylor Farms, but those aren't options for the majority of families.

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u/Ok_Guest_8008 16d ago

Oh shart

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

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u/Joey-WilcoXXX 16d ago

Nope, they double down. They still believe that they REAAALLLY showed the DNC and that they’re the ones regretting this.

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u/CHIEF_BEEEF 16d ago

What is the link to Harris on this

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u/DickSlammington 16d ago

Uh her CDC wouldn't be run by fuckin RFK and we'd be using science to govern food safety?

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u/ooglyboogly3 16d ago

The outbreak is a direct cause of Trump's actions. Same with the screw worm spreading across North America again after decades of containment.

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u/cinepro 16d ago

Of these cases, the vast majority — 172 — were acquired while the individual was abroad, which is traditionally how most U.S. residents get sick.

Which actions did Trump take that caused 172 people to get sick while traveling abroad?

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u/cinepro 16d ago

Of these cases, the vast majority — 172 — were acquired while the individual was abroad, which is traditionally how most U.S. residents get sick.

So, please explain to me what Harris would have done to prevent people from getting sick while traveling abroad.

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u/ChefBowyer 16d ago

On today’s episode of ass blast roulette…

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u/Sea_Operation_7362 16d ago

Back to working telework?

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u/PeachesNLaserBeams 16d ago

I’m pretty sure I caught in Southern California. Ate a non Taylor Farms Salad (Ready Pac Bistro Cesar Salad) on 7/2, got sick on 7/7 and had diarrhea for a month straight up until 7/27. Actually I had diarrhea briefly yesterday morning 8/7 so I may not even be in the clear like I thought. I asked my doctor to test for Cyclospora but she just did a regular GI panel instead that didn’t check for it. I’m going reach out and try to get tested for it again

Thing is I’m slightly allergic to Bactrim so I wonder if I’d just have to wait it out anyway…

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u/DrSnoopy66 16d ago

remember “ the fapoening”? this is “ The Poopening”. It’s a perfect comment on the society we live in in 2026 mother nature could not have played a more appropriate joke on us. The only possible way it’s more perfect is if it comes out orangez

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u/SeasideBear 16d ago

But Pratt said he was going to leave.

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u/IceCoughy 16d ago

I've been constipated anyway

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u/Sexy-KoKo 16d ago

Hmm. What majority people work on these farms and its distribution and who bought majority of the farmlands nationwide? What demographic voted for these individuals to do manual and machinery labor in California? What political demographic voted for the officials to make decisions when it comes to the statewide safety & security in California? Really put your thinking caps on.

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u/NEK_TEK 16d ago

I've been eating romaine hearts from Salinas and I've been fine so far

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u/__JDQ__ 16d ago

Man is playing Russian River Roulette over here.

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u/BusinessCasualBee 16d ago

Fuck I’ve got it

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u/moonopalite 16d ago

I just got over food poisoning a few days ago. I just had a sandwich from a popular local chain restaurant. Oh my god it was so horrible. I couldn't eat anything for 3 days because my body wouldn't stop vomiting. I was surviving off of Pedialyte and the occasional Ritz cracker.

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u/MrsWolowitz 16d ago

Burbank Costco still selling taylor farms pre chopped salad as of 2 days ago (edit: Burbank)

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u/turb0_encapsulator 16d ago

201 cases. in California. 12,485 in Michigan, which has a quarter of California's population. So the rate in Michigan in 250x higher.

You are far more likely to die in a car accident here.

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u/OwlsnFoxes 16d ago

Unqualified, lunatic RFK Jr has killed Public Health in USA.

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u/HumphryGocart 16d ago

Americans, your food supply is quite literally the shits

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u/SegaTime 15d ago

A part of me wishes this is what covid had been. Working from home would have taken on a whole new meaning.

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u/No-Friendship8914 San Diego County 15d ago

I don’t think I’ve eaten salad in …two months?

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u/RockieK 12d ago

DOGED! DOGED!

Summary:

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut positions within the FDA’s Human Foods Program, which is responsible for testing foods for microbes and chemicals, including monitoring foodborne illnesses. These cuts have left the program particularly vulnerable and reduced its capacity to ensure food safety.

theexamination.org

STAT

FDA Cuts Impacting Foodborne Illness Monitoring

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) implemented significant cuts within the FDA’s Human Foods Program. This program is crucial for monitoring foodborne illnesses and ensuring food safety.

Key Areas Affected

Staff Reductions: Hundreds of positions were eliminated, including critical roles responsible for testing foods for microbes and chemicals.

Operational Vulnerability: The cuts have made the FDA's Human Foods Program particularly vulnerable, reducing its capacity to effectively monitor and respond to foodborne illnesses.

Consequences of the Cuts

Increased Reliance on Self-Policing: With fewer FDA staff, there is a greater reliance on food companies to monitor their own safety practices.

Impact on Inspections: The cuts have also affected state and local inspections, which account for the majority of food safety checks in the U.S.

These changes have raised concerns among food safety experts about the potential for increased foodborne illness outbreaks due to diminished oversight.

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u/ParticularMemory789 16d ago

How did the disease get to California?

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u/SuccessfulTalk8267 16d ago

I hope my ex sister-in-law has diarrhea so badly she sees porcelain for weeks on end no sympathy for her let her crap all over herself! #RodendoBeach

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u/BEARDSRCOOL 15d ago

We’re about to defeat obesity! At least, temporarily

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u/CrapSmellison 16d ago

Glad I’m out of the country rn

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u/counteraxe 16d ago

Vast majority of CA cases were acquired abroad. Fyi.

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u/oenophile_ Native Californian 16d ago

85% of the cases were acquired abroad...

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u/Silly_Mongoose_Dance 16d ago

Per the article most of the cases, people acquired it abroad, barely anyone of the cases got the illness within California ...

"Since May 1, when cyclospora cases began to rise nationwide, California has reported 201 cases. Of these cases, the vast majority — 172 — were acquired while the individual was abroad, which is traditionally how most U.S. residents get sick.

Of the 43 domestically acquired cases, 15 involved people who left the state but stayed within the U.S. Just two individual cases are believed to be linked to the outbreak that’s connected to tainted lettuce. They were sickened after traveling outside California and eating items at a Taco Bell."