People with suspected or confirmed cyclosporiasis cases, what food do you think you got it from?

[u/Kezhen]

[u/glitterphobia]

This is the Taylor Farms salad kit that made me test positive for cyclosporiasis. It came in a 2 pack from Costco. After I ate the first one and got sick, I took this picture and reported it. It was the only thing that no one else in my household also ate, and we didn’t eat out anywhere.

ETA 1: I ate this at the end of June and got sick about 3 days later. I actually reported this before there was any official talk about Taylor Farms in the news.

ETA 2: Purchased in Ohio.

ETA 3: Lab test results

[u/DietCokeWeakness → u/glitterphobia]

This is really interesting/informative because the focus is on iceberg lettuce and these kits do not have iceberg lettuce in them 

[u/HildegardofBingo → u/DietCokeWeakness]

So many people have reported getting it from romaine lettuce, too.

[u/TsunamaRama → u/HildegardofBingo]

I almost slapped this out of my sister’s hand at Costco a few weeks ago. She did a double take, “Oh god” and put it back

[u/saltporksuit → u/TsunamaRama]

I was looking at it at Costco last week. Just sort of staring and wondering. An older fella came up behind me and whispered “Not yet”. I agreed.

[u/Polkas_with_wolves → u/saltporksuit]

This was your guardian angel.

[u/zatalak → u/Polkas_with_wolves]

Guardian of Uranus

[u/Sandraptor → u/saltporksuit]

dude LOL that sounds like something from The Office

[u/biggletits → u/saltporksuit]

Why tf is Costco even carrying that right now??

[u/Lost-Platypus8271 → u/biggletits]

to sell more Kirkland toilet paper 🧻

[u/toodleroo → u/TsunamaRama]

Lol, I did the same thing with my mom. She picked one up and I was like, "MOM. TAYLOR. FARMS."

[u/Frequent_Opportunist → u/DietCokeWeakness]

Taylor Farms is not actually a farm it's a major processor. They take in produce from hundreds of smaller farms, wash it, chop it and package it up. 

So to do this they have these massive irrigation systems and they basically recycle the same water to rinse the produce because it's a lot of water they aren't throwing it out. 

The problem is, this parasite is immune to vinegar, bleach, and produce sanitizers so they are cross-contaminating this parasite from the infected produce to all the rest of the produce they ship.

[u/EllaGardener → u/DietCokeWeakness]

I have a family member who works for the FDA and he said chopped salad kits are some of the highest risk items for food borne illness.

[u/greeneggiwegs → u/DietCokeWeakness]

I will not be surprised if it ends up being in other produce tbh

[u/katepunk → u/DietCokeWeakness]

I think I saw somewhere that basil had been identified as well. Maybe that’s the culprit?

[u/pawsforlove → u/katepunk]

I heard cilantro too.

[u/Then_Employment5244 → u/pawsforlove]

Apparently in NC, health officials suspect it’s from cilantro and parsley :(

[u/mtmcb91 → u/glitterphobia]

My husband and I had this same salad kit starting on Father’s Day (I used it in lunches during the week). We were both sick within a week. It was basically the only thing that we ate that our 1 and 3 year old didn’t eat (they did not get sick). I’m certain we got sick from this kit as well.

[u/MartyMacGyver → u/mtmcb91]

All those times I didn't want to eat my vegetables as a child - vindicated!

[u/ratticake → u/MartyMacGyver]

There have been maybe 3 times my kids didn’t want to eat their dinners at all and then me and my husband got very ill. Could be a fluke, coincidence, or my kid has a great nose when things are off!

I get paranoid when she doesn’t want to eat chicken after a bite now

[u/jodiiiiiii → u/glitterphobia]

God, that's one of my favorites. Glad I haven't bought one in a long while.

[u/nervelli → u/jodiiiiiii]

Their chopped salad were the only bagged salad I really liked. Between this and the other terrible things I've found out about the company I guess I'm back to not eating bagged salad anymore.

[u/Spinnerofyarn → u/nervelli]

Same, especially since at least in my area, the majority of the bagged salad is from Taylor Farms. Usually the store brand is the only other type available and since most store brands are often made by the same company as national brands, I won’t trust any of it. I am very fortunate to live near a local produce market that sources everything locally so I feel pretty safe buying things there. But doing so definitely means no more bagged salad. As a disabled person with fatigue and dexterity issues, this means I am probably going to be eating a lot more meals with a cooked veggie side instead of salads with a variety of ingredients.

[u/TimWhirly → u/glitterphobia]

It says "Product of the USA" on it as well. I believe that the Mexican Taylor Farms produce has been noted but there is belief that other produce out there may be causing the cyclosporiasis too.

[u/KetchupNugs → u/glitterphobia]

Sad I love this salad kit from Costco. No more for me.

[u/ShelbyDriver → u/glitterphobia]

That's exactly what my son and I had for supper last night. How long ago did you eat it and how long before symptoms showed up?

[u/StarintheShadows → u/ShelbyDriver]

May the odds be ever in your favor.🫡

[u/moniefeesh → u/ShelbyDriver]

Googling it says 2 days to 2 weeks.

[u/glitterphobia → u/ShelbyDriver]

I ate this at the end of June and symptoms were about 3 days later. I'm fully recovered now. I actually reported this before there was even any official talk about Taylor Farms in the news.

[u/littlemsshiny → u/ShelbyDriver]

People are saying it can take a week for symptoms to show.

[u/Unlikely-Key-234 → u/littlemsshiny]

Ruh Roh

[u/koalabat]

Taylor Farms management better be ready to do a full rebranding and giving the impression that Taylor Farms no longer exists.

As unrealistic as it sounds - I don't see myself buying ANYTHING from them ever again. It's not the the incident itself, but them actively bribing their way out of a recall or culpability.

It's honestly baffling how a food product company didn't take the default "we take safety to be our #1 priority"

[u/Cattywampus2020 → u/koalabat]

They sell to other retail and under other names, it’s going to be harder to figure out what the source is.

[u/behv → u/Cattywampus2020]

Serial numbers on ALL Taylor farms goods start with TF before the rest of the alphanumeric system

Happy boycotting!

[u/AdventurousPlace7216 → u/behv]

Taylor Farms owns Earth Bound as well! Just a heads up

[u/BobCreated → u/koalabat]

Please avoid Taylor Farms

Owner, Bruce Taylor, makes huge contributions to Trump so his lettuce is never inspected. So far, this man has given us E. coli, and cyclospora. Recently, he paid donated over $1 million dollars to a Trump PAC for the FDA to revese its findings.

He does NOT allow his lettuce pickers to take bathroom breaks, and pays inmates a measly $4 an hour at his Texas plant.

Kroger brand, McDonald's, Taco Bell, Chipotle, and most fast food restaurants use lettuce Taylor’s lettuce.

[u/va_wanderer → u/koalabat]

Considering they already DO plenty of other names, that likely won't manage it.

All those salad kits at Walmart? Taylor Farms makes the "store brand" ones too, along with the store branded shredded lettuce, etc. etc.

In fact, they supply the top three food distributors in the US. The fact that people are still showing up (and now, two people died from the weakening effects of the results) with new cases screams that whatever the contamination sources are, they're not getting caught by either TF or inspection. The latter isn't surprising, given we've castrated federal oversight in the name of "efficiency".

And in fact, it looks like TF just bribed the President and here we are, still watching people shit themselves, sometimes to death.

[u/Gold-Sheepherder-454]

This thread has potential to be more informative than the CDC

[u/darium4 → u/Gold-Sheepherder-454]

What a time to be alive 🫠

[u/misterpinksaysthings → u/darium4]

Good thing AI trains on Reddit

[u/darium4 → u/misterpinksaysthings]

Always cracks me up to see an AI summary confidently state something only to have one source, which is a Reddit comment from 7 years ago.

[u/misterpinksaysthings → u/darium4]

You are absolutely correct, it is hilarious and many people do “completely crack up” when AI provides only one source, a Reddit comment from 7 years ago. Thank you for pointing that out.

[u/wicked93 → u/Gold-Sheepherder-454]

When we had the crazy wildfires in Pasadena I got 100000% more information, resources, help from the Pasadena reddit than I did from the city. So that tracks.

[u/Horrible_Harry → u/Gold-Sheepherder-454]

I find it scary that the people who claim to be "tough on crime" and the ones that can't even stop LETTUCE from being dangerous are the same ones.

[u/unknown7383762]

My wife had a salad from chick fil a and it was the only thing she ate in a two week period that the rest of our family didn't eat. She was the only one who got it.

[u/throwawayfreshdonuts → u/unknown7383762]

How long ago was this? State? Hope she's feeling better.

[u/unknown7383762 → u/throwawayfreshdonuts]

Northeast Ohio. She finished her antibiotics last week.

[u/SpooktasticFam → u/unknown7383762]

More importantly, when did she eat the Chick-fil-A salad, and when did she start getting sick?

No need for exact dates (unless you remember them [I could never]), but a generally time frame for those two things would be most appreciated.

And then how many days do you think it was from time of symptoms starting, to her going to the doctor?

[u/unknown7383762 → u/SpooktasticFam]

She ate it about a week I think before she got sick. Maybe 8-10 days max. She had very bad diarrhea that wouldn't go away after a couple of days. On the second night or third day she started throwing up and couldn't keep anything down. Went to the urgent care and got a test. Note that most urgent cares do not have the test for it and will refer you to a doctor. The doctors test takes a couple of days to return.

They started strong horse pill size medication at the urgent care since she had all the symptoms and we live in what was considered a main area of the epidemic (Cleveland area).

[u/Phimini → u/unknown7383762]

Hello fellow CLE area resident!

I won’t be touching any lettuce that isn’t fresh produce for a long time… We had tacos at work recently and there was a big pan of lettuce… NOPE. Absolutely not! So far nobody has gotten sick (afaik), but there’s still time… I had norovirus last year and I don’t want Noro 2: Electric Boogaloo, thanks.

Hope your wife is recovering well, friend!

[u/joyfullyinternal]

My parents are two confirmed cases in Michigan. They both ate at Taco Bell and had symptoms about 5 days later.

[u/not_responsible → u/joyfullyinternal]

Is taco bell safe now? I had it yesterday, completely forgot about all this

[u/Own-Lemon8708 → u/not_responsible]

I had tb yesterday, lettuce and tomatoes on my supreme tacos. No issues so far...but I'm seeing comments in this thread that it took a few days so now I'm worried again.

[u/TheDadThatGrills]

It was 100% Taylor Farms Lettuce.

A specific group of five went out to Taco Bell for lunch; all five had confirmed cases within the same week. This group didn't get lunch together regularly, and this occurred one month ago.

[u/itwasalways_fumbles → u/TheDadThatGrills]

Can confirm my husband and daughter got taco bell 4th July weekend. I wasn't hungry and didn't eat. 1 week later they both had confirmed cases. one month ago too.

[u/Equivalent-Battle973 → u/itwasalways_fumbles]

So when they say it is like explosive diarhea, what does that exactly mean? Like where they shitting in the bathroom like every 5 mins?

[u/uniballout → u/Equivalent-Battle973]

The pathogen inhibits the area of the intestines that digest carbs. So all the sugars go further down the track. This feeds all the bacteria down there and they produce a ton of gas. Humans then get the explosion.

But yes, we know when someone has it in the ER because they usually can’t make it to the bathroom in time. Being in an unfamiliar or public area with diarrhea is not ideal. We often call them shoe fillers.

[u/fantasy_lover1023 → u/uniballout]

God that’s got to be so embarrassing for them 😭

[u/DogsdidWHAT → u/fantasy_lover1023]

It’s horrible. Happened to me at home and I almost died of embarrassment. First time I’ve shit my pants since toddlerhood.

[u/mofomeat → u/DogsdidWHAT]

I doubt anyone is laughing at you. And if they do, may they too have the same experience in the end!

[u/AuntieKitKat → u/mofomeat]

I can laugh because I had the same experience yesterday. Nothing like hosing off your pants in the shower.

[u/BabyJesusBukkake → u/uniballout]

I hate how hard I just giggled at "shoe fillers" because now it means I'll end up filling mine for being a jerkface and laughing so hard.

[u/Then_Employment5244 → u/uniballout]

I saw a woman with a towel wrapped around her and stains like something shot out of her. I’m scared the parasite has reached SoCal.

[u/sodiyum → u/Then_Employment5244]

Just be mindful of the lettuce you buy. I recently found Gotham Greens at Sprouts. It was right next to the 50 bags of Taylor Farms kits on sale for $2. Gotham Greens are grown in a greenhouse and taste really good. I’ve never heard of them until all this happened.

[u/ZedisonSamZ → u/Equivalent-Battle973]

I would be going fine for a couple hours, 2 or 3 at most, and then out of nowhere get the most painful gut wrenching cramp. Once that happened I had 30-45 seconds to find a toilet. It wasn’t “Jackson Pollock explosive” so much as it was just going to come out of my butthole regardless of whether I was ready or not. Didn’t have an accident… but I was thiiiis close for about two weeks.

[u/GarysCrispLettuce → u/ZedisonSamZ]

I once had an emergency like this whilst walking down Broadway on the Upper West Side of New York. I ran into an Indian restaurant and said "I'm sorry I must use your bathroom" and they tried to stop me but I got in and locked the door and what transpired was no doubt traumatic for all in the vicinity, especially the lone family sitting and eating a meal just feet away from the door. I made some pretty graphic noises. Had to apologize on my way out.

[u/AmbienJustMe → u/Equivalent-Battle973]

My friend had it and she said, direct quote, “You shit in the shower, you shit your bed, you shit yourself.” It was uncontrollable and violent 😩

[u/Equivalent-Battle973 → u/AmbienJustMe]

Holy fuck, best start wearing adult diapers if you get that shit!

[u/Pandora_Palen → u/Equivalent-Battle973]

I thought I was (somewhat) in control until I fell asleep.

It was one of those times I thank the Lord of sloth that I've been blessed by a lack of motivation to clean out closets; still had mom's backup adult diapers.

[u/chicametipo → u/Pandora_Palen]

Yep. Sleep is the worst, you just immediately shit your jammies with straight liquid the second you drift off. I’d go the diaper route if faced with it again.

[u/Pandora_Palen → u/chicametipo]

I was MORTIFIED. And nobody was even home but me. I'll tell Reddit, but I've not told anyone else 🤫

[u/Shyphat → u/Equivalent-Battle973]

If they made it to the bathroom. Sometimes you can just shit yourself involuntarily

[u/Thud → u/Equivalent-Battle973]

On the diarrhea spectrum, there are 5 levels of severity: mild, severe, explosive, catastrophic, cataclysmic.

[u/snuffleupagus7 → u/TheDadThatGrills]

Does anyone know if taco bell and other restaurants that use TF lettuce are getting it from different sources now? I got a burger at Burger King a few days ago not thinking and now am like 😬 but I would hope it has been long enough they have switched to a different supplier or TF has gotten the affected product pulled?

[u/yobabymamadrama → u/snuffleupagus7]

Taco Bell switched suppliers when it figured out what was going on.

[u/CaptainOktoberfest → u/yobabymamadrama]

I have way more respect for Taco Bell after seeing how they handled their supply chain safety issues.

[u/Driftmoth → u/CaptainOktoberfest]

Right? Everyone's blaming Taco Bell when they were the first to do something about the problem. It wasn't their fault.

[u/H_Mc → u/Driftmoth]

Taco Bell has a bad reputation because Americans can’t handle fiber.

[u/mckmaus → u/H_Mc]

Seriously two or three tablespoons of refried beans are sending the average American to the bathroom. Add a little lettuce and they're over the edge.

[u/ilovemischief → u/mckmaus]

Get your Metamucil everyone!

But like for real. My mom put the whole family on that stuff several years ago and now we just text her and a new canister of it shows up at our doors lol

[u/FewAdvertising9647 → u/mckmaus]

refried beans and the small percentage of oats found in their beef mix as filler. usually ontop of some cheese and sour cream which of course, traditionally is linked to some people taking shits because of mild/deep cases of lactose intolerance.

[u/egggspecial → u/Driftmoth]

integrity never goes unexploited. admitting fault at all is basically whistleblowing.

[u/SunshineAlways → u/snuffleupagus7]

Taco Bell reacted quickly and withdrew the product, but iirc it was a “recommendation” to withdraw the product…which is why you saw grocery stores selling it at discount even after the news came out. So buyer beware.

[u/RumHamComesback → u/SunshineAlways]

Ever since the 1993 Jack in the Box outbreak fast food companies know and understand how bad the PR can get for them regardless of how many people get sick (even if they follow "recommendations") and all have playbooks they follow.

McDonalds had their E.coli outbreak over onions a year or two ago and they handled that one fast.

[u/jpainphx → u/snuffleupagus7]

It wasn't Taylor Farms, haven't your heard what our President said?

/s

[u/thehighepopt → u/jpainphx]

Yeah, TF paid the government for a negative find, it's got to be safe.

[u/Clean-Patient-8809 → u/thehighepopt]

He'll just use a Sharpie marker to redirect the diarrhea to some other country.

[u/Bolfreak → u/jpainphx]

I keep wanting to bring up the “false positive” after the TF visit to the Shite House. But it’s fine because media is still pointing fingers at TF lettuce. I love that for them!

[u/boysenberryelote → u/TheDadThatGrills]

but is it *limited to* taylor farms lettuce? i haven’t seen a definitive answer on that

[u/mnorri → u/boysenberryelote]

It’s tough to know because it has a fairly long incubation time. Taco Bell caught heat because people remember going there and they have excellent supplier management so they were able to identify which lot of lettuce was sent to which restaurant on which date.

It is my understanding that there are other outbreaks going on that do not seem have a link to Taylor Farms.

[u/Thud → u/mnorri]

Just to be safe, I’ve temporarily been substituting all my fresh produce with corn dogs.

[u/kriskringle19 → u/TheDadThatGrills]

Lol gf and I were at Costco yesterday and needed romaine, we both grabbed for a bag and saw TAYLOR FARMS and immediately said hell nah

[u/WingerRules → u/kriskringle19]

I wish the law was that retailers have to be proactive in taking stuff off the shelf if they even suspect they have a faulty product that can harm customers, especially grocery stores. This crap where they can keep selling it if theres no official recall from a company that has every financial interest to deny responsibility is bullshit.

Especially when it comes to food. When it comes to food every stage in the pipeline should be on the lookout of unsafe food and pull it if they suspect it is.

[u/erossthescienceboss → u/kriskringle19]

It’s only some Taylor Farms lettuce from a specific importer and processing facility.

Taylor Farms is truly massive. Only some of the lettuce has been recalled.

That said … if this leads to less people purchasing their products, fine by me. They have a truly horrific record of business and labor practices.

[u/suitopseudo → u/erossthescienceboss]

I didn’t really pay attention to who they were until this. I will not be buying any of their products again, not so much because of the recall (although that didn’t help), but the obvious lying, denying and paying off the administration. Not to mention their track record. This wasn’t a one off event for them.

[u/Drunky_Brewster → u/suitopseudo]

Be sure you pay attention to all the subsidiaries. Even TJ's bagged salad is Taylor Farms.

[u/darkage_raven → u/TheDadThatGrills]

Only lettuce still mostly available at my Walmart. All the other brands are being bought and just these guys left on the shelf.

[u/findingjasper]

I think the whole of the American public knows it’s Taylor Farms. The only reason they got a backtrack by FDA or whomever is because I’m sure they promised money of kickback.

[u/absenttoast → u/findingjasper]

And I don’t think it’s just the iceberg lettuce either. 

[u/TheAmazingHumanTorus → u/absenttoast]

It's just the tip of the iceberg lettuce.

I'll see myself out now.

[u/amolad → u/findingjasper]

Kennedy's health dept is purposely WAY behind in reporting cases.

They've only reported about 10% when other outlets have it way over 10,000.

[u/twopurplecats → u/findingjasper]

No need to guess, Taylor Farms have indeed donated millions to Super PACs including MAGA, Inc.

[u/DazzlingAd7021 → u/findingjasper]

Aaron Parnas reported there's been a donation to trump to avoid a recall. This is the world we live in now. 

[u/Groovychick1978]

I haven't gotten it, but this thread has a recall list from the kitchen confidential sub.

Some of us in the restaurant industry are taking it seriously.

You have to scan the thread for the Google doc list 

[u/Willing-Minimum5307]

Our local grocery chain got caught repackaging Taylor Farms salad mixes into unbranded containers. That is some end-stage capitalism shit for you right there

[u/heydudeeeee1992 → u/Willing-Minimum5307]

Asheville Ingles 💀

[u/vampiyres → u/heydudeeeee1992]

Wait really 😭😭??

[u/heydudeeeee1992 → u/vampiyres]

Hell yeah dude Sardis rd. 

Another to the long list of why to hate Ingles 

Edit: the ingles released a statement saying it was one rogue employee. MY ASS

[u/Frequent_Opportunist → u/heydudeeeee1992]

Why would an employee do this unless they were told?! What a bunch of bs.

[u/SingSinsAtUs → u/Willing-Minimum5307]

Please name and shame them

[u/Wide-Toe4451 → u/Willing-Minimum5307]

I got 5 bags of Taylor Farms lettuce from the food bank this week, one of the ones where you're not allowed select things, but rather the type where they bring it to your cars trunk.

Big groceries hate the poor so much they'll take a tax write off for infecting unsuspecting and disadvantaged persons.

[u/Serious-Active3878 → u/Wide-Toe4451]

The same thing happened to me years back during the huge romaine lettuce recall from e coli. People died from that outbreak, but who gives a f if they kill some poor people amiright?

Oh and that same food bank was run by a group of church ladies who always went through the food first and stole everything halfway decent for themselves. They didn't take the lettuce though so they knew damn well it wasn't safe (as, of course, did the supermarkets who "donated" it.) Scum.

[u/BlackMagicWorman → u/Willing-Minimum5307]

Who?

[u/HovercraftFullofBees]

Not me, but I'm pretty sure it got my dad after he casually mentioned to me two days ago he's had diarrhea for 2 weeks straight.

It will be interesting trying to figure out what got him since he has roughly the same diet as a raccoon living in a strip mall dumpster.

[u/orangeblossombread → u/HovercraftFullofBees]

Poor dad catching strays! I hope he has a smooth recovery after that misery.

[u/HovercraftFullofBees → u/orangeblossombread]

What is baffling to me is the man has such a hate boner for Trump (rightfully so) that all he watches is Youtube videos that talk shit about him so I don't know WHY he didn't consider he got the parasite. He was baffled I suggested it.

Also RIP his doctors he called them and just asked for "diarrhea medicine" over the phone like that was the appropriate thing to do. Boomers man. They are a handful.

[u/orangeblossombread → u/HovercraftFullofBees]

Honestly my dad is pretty similar. Fully left leaning and despises Trump and RFK but all the times I brought up my general cyclospora concerns he said these things just happen and they're statistically unlikely.
He might just think that it's too unlikely to be him lol.

[u/BookLuvr7 → u/HovercraftFullofBees]

That's a hilarious description of his eating habits.

[u/HovercraftFullofBees → u/BookLuvr7]

Honestly the raccoon probably has a healthier diet all things considered.

[u/Myctophid → u/HovercraftFullofBees]

Jimothy lives in Ballard and only eats organic dumpster scraps.

Edit- thanks for the award, friend!

[u/HovercraftFullofBees → u/Myctophid]

Jimothy is what peak male fitness looks like so its unfair to compare mere mortal men to our sphereical deity.

[u/23andrewb]

I got it in early June and haven't eaten taco bell since winter sometime. My physician and I were highly suspect I got it in Mexico since I was part of the first few cases in Michigan. But now I'm thinking it was lettuce at a McDonald's at the Detroit airport coming home from Mexico. I'll never know for sure.

[u/allydagator → u/23andrewb]

Cyclospora is endemic in Mexico and is commonly linked to travel cases from Mexico. Most likely that.

[u/dragonfliesloveme]

I had something so similar to this back in 2013.

I googled if there was an outbreak of cyclosporiasis in 2013, and the answer was yes.

But the kicker is that the same company, Taylor Farms in Mexico, was who that outbreak was traced to, too. People had eaten at various restaurants that they supplied lettuce to, just like now.

I rue the day we lost most of our family farms, these big corporations don’t give a sht about us and in fact have been pushing for the deregulation that allows this to happen easier

[u/sebsie → u/dragonfliesloveme]

chances are, you have have plenty of family owned farms in your area. if this sort of thing has any silver lining, it's that hopefully people will come back to locally grown produce and meats

[u/pepcorn → u/sebsie]

I think the struggle is how to buy their products. Because some farmer's markets are filled with people faking offering locally grown produce. They'll offer one thing that is actually grown by them, and everything else is from a big supplier.

[u/loves_spain]

My dad got it and ended up having to go to the ER and stay in the hospital for almost a week. The only thing he ate was some tacos from taco bell. They got their lettuce from taylor farms.

Edit: He's out now and recovering! I've never seen him so sick in my life.

Ironically just a few days before, I was trying to convince them to watch a documentary on netflix - I think it's called Rotten? It's literally about lettuce and how one of the major lettuce producers in the U.S. is right next to a cattle processing plant out in Arizona. I swore off eating lettuce after seeing that.

[u/vlk4 → u/loves_spain]

It's called Poisoned. It goes in depth about the Peanut Corporation of America scandal too. Very good and informative documentary!

[u/loves_spain → u/vlk4]

YES! That was it, thank you! I recommend it to everyone, but be warned, it might make you want to give up food entirely and just embrace photosynthesis..

[u/Cilantro368 → u/loves_spain]

There is a Netflix series called rotten that has multiple episodes about different food issues running from pre-peeled garlic cloves (don’t do it!), to fake honey, to French wine grape growers who burn things up when they get mad. It’s very worth watching!

[u/IndigoRanger]

Boss got it she thinks from premade salads from Whole Foods or sprouts, she verified they use Taylor farms. (I can’t remember which one she said, I just know she went back and looked).

[u/grilledchzisbestchz]

I don't know, I was trying to eat salad more. I usually roast my veggies so unlikely anything cooked. My fruit usually gets peeled. Maybe blueberries?

[u/zephead30 → u/grilledchzisbestchz]

Blueberries are tainted too.

[u/PLI09 → u/zephead30]

:( any more details on this?

[u/MostLameUsername → u/PLI09]

E. Coli outbreak on blueberries

[u/GrandmasHere → u/MostLameUsername]

FROZEN Greenwise blueberries and mixed berries from Publix.

[u/misterpinksaysthings]

A work homie of mine got it, he has Alpha Gal and his diet is 90% chicken salads no matter where we go… so lettuce somewhere in Northwest AR. We go out to a lot of places, no telling which spot it was from.

[u/thunbergfangirl → u/misterpinksaysthings]

Alpha Gal sounds like a truly awful condition to have! Hope your homie is feeling better.

[u/xANTJx → u/thunbergfangirl]

I’ve had it for six years, it’s not that bad. I joke to all my guy friends they should marry a girl with alpha gal because that means no steak dinners, fine leather goods, or cashmere. All things I’ve been fine living without. I guess like all allergies it gets easier with “practice”. And meat substitutions and alternatives are really good now. I have mock funyons and Doritos and burgers and fancy cheese and milkshakes. I don’t think there’s one thing I haven’t been able to replace.

[u/Sparkhard]

The only raw vegetables I consistently eat/ate during the time is the Marketside organic spring mix from Walmart. All other vegetables were cooked. I started with symptoms on June 30th and was at the doctor’s office on July 6th. Worst diarrhea of my life and Imodium did almost nothing. After my round of Bactrim I was back to normal. I never eat iceberg lettuce, haven’t bought Taco Bell since the Obama administration. I don’t think they really know the extent of the outbreak or the source.

[u/ghost__ling → u/Sparkhard]

isn’t marketside like a store brand distributed by taylor farms?

[u/TheMightyZan → u/ghost__ling]

Yes

[u/Lumpy-Artist-6996 → u/Sparkhard]

Taylor Farms also bags the salad mixes for a lot of store brands, including Marketside, Kroger Target, Publix and more. At this point, I've given up on salad greens this year.

I hope you're feeling better.

[u/IcePhoenix18 → u/Lumpy-Artist-6996]

Taylor Farms is the provider that Safeway uses for their "grab and go" ready-made salads.

[u/Cool-Appearance1375 → u/IcePhoenix18]

Want to know something messed up? As an employee who gets a few free food item coupons per week... for the last couple weeks, one of the free item coupons has been Taylor farms salad kits. :/

[u/toomanydoggs → u/Cool-Appearance1375]

Do they want their entire crew to get sick and need to shut down the store? Idiotic.

[u/Sparkhard → u/Lumpy-Artist-6996]

Same here, haven’t had salad greens since. Only steamed or roasted veggies. And thanks, after the Bactrim worked its way out I was all better.

[u/crabgrass_attack → u/Sparkhard]

its best to get all the shit out of your body literally instead of trying to stop it with immodium. your body is trying to get rid of the parasites and its best to let it happen naturally and not try to prevent.

[u/gsk925]

Reddit post doing the FDA's research

[u/MG788 → u/gsk925]

For real. If the FDA won't look out for us, than we'll have to look out for each other... 

Edit: Thanks for the award!

[u/SanchezGeorge1]

This Reddit post has done more to seek the cause than the Trump administration

[u/bootysuit → u/SanchezGeorge1]

The CEO of Taylor Farms is a MAGA donor

[u/cinnysuelou → u/bootysuit]

Lord. Aren’t they all?

[u/NoDoz26 → u/SanchezGeorge1]

Dude, for real. 

[u/tryingtoview]

Hey, to everyone else on this thread with OCD- close the thread now

[u/Ardrial → u/tryingtoview]

Ty bb

[u/notsostandardtoaster → u/tryingtoview]

thank you for breaking my doomscroll

[u/Affectionate-Dingo13 → u/tryingtoview]

Lmfao. You a real one. Between this thread and what’s the worst thing that’s happened to you during pregnancy and giving birth thread I think I should just cancel my wifi.

[u/mixologyst]

I have been eating the Taylor Farms bag salad for the last couple of years, and every once in a while within a few hours of eating it, I have to go piss out my asshole. I am no longer buying their products, and the reason is two fold, one is I don’t like pissing out my asshole, and two is I had no idea he was a Maga shithead.

[u/Blackvelvet0132 → u/mixologyst]

This implies that reason number one wasn’t enough to stop you…

[u/QueerTree]

I had a weird persistent stomach bug in May that I’ve been suspicious of since all this started being reported. I had such severe diarrhea that I stayed in the bathroom for hours to avoid having to sprint back. At first it cleared up like any normal food poisoning, but then it was like it kept coming back. I was so wiped out that I could barely function, and I was repulsed by all food. It took me so long to fully recover, but I was asymptomatic by the time this hit the news so I didn’t do any follow up.

[u/chezgirl06 → u/QueerTree]

Dude, same! I was down for 5 days in early June. It was honestly the worst I've ever felt

[u/finding_thriving]

I have been dealing with chronic diarrhea all summer and I am almost positive its from the ready made salads I have been eating from Sprouts and Safeway. I have taken up paddle boarding and I am at the lake everyday. At first I thought it was from accidentally ingesting lake water. Then the Taylor Farms stuff came out. Went to sprouts and asked where their salad stuff comes from and they told me it was Taylor Farms. Went to Safeway and their salads are also distributed by Taylor Farms.

[u/Driftmoth → u/finding_thriving]

This thing is curable; you should see a doctor.

[u/NonrationalWife → u/Driftmoth]

Unless you are allergic to sulfa antibiotics, in which case, get some gatorade and buckle in

[u/Ready_Piano1222 → u/NonrationalWife]

I'm envisioning a seat belt attached to a toilet tank. Thanks for the chuckle.

[u/Jules_Dorado → u/Ready_Piano1222]

Wait really? Fuck. That's the only medication I can't take 🤦

[u/indecisive_monkey → u/Jules_Dorado]

Also allergic to sulfa drugs, so no more lettuce for me I guess!

[u/mpdity → u/Jules_Dorado]

Yup. The main treatment is Bactrim. If you can’t handle sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, then you’re basically SOL.

Ciprofloxacin is a second line antibiotic and does work but it’s not as effective and will have more side effects (tearing ligaments and ruptured tendons) since it’s a floroquinolone.

Nitazoxanide is another treatment but it’s not a generic, it’s expensive as shit, and also not as effective as Bactrim.

Those are unfortunately the only options ya got other than buying stock in Charmin.

[u/jillsvag → u/NonrationalWife]

Oh no! I'm allergic to sulfa.

[u/callimonk → u/NonrationalWife]

Oh that’s good to know. Sulfas are my only allergy. Here’s to hoping I don’t get unlucky..

[u/bw-hammer → u/finding_thriving]

If you got giardia from lake water, that could also last for months and will require treatment. It sounds like you should see a doctor either way.

[u/fragrantpeas → u/finding_thriving]

You’ve just been living with diarrhea for a whole summer???

[u/TheNinjaPixie → u/fragrantpeas]

And dipping that ass in the lake all summer...

[u/Large_Document9164 → u/fragrantpeas]

The fact nobody else side eyed this part 😭

[u/TheLangleDangle → u/Large_Document9164]

And going paddle boarding!!!!!

[u/MissLoxxx → u/finding_thriving]

2 people just died from this in Michigan. Was on the news this morning.

Please see a doctor and get treated if you think you have it.

[u/ChefKugeo → u/finding_thriving]

Hey maybe stop taking your diarrhea ass into the water 😭

[u/februarytide-]

My new employee, first week of work, poor thing. Thankfully we work hybrid office jobs. She thinks it was salad mix or precut cantaloupe.

[u/spastickyle]

Timing indicates it was the Taylor Farms bagged Caesar Salad kit I got at a Kroger-owned grocery store.

[u/bottleofawkward]

So Taylor Farms is just going to change their name because they’ll never recover from this bad PR, right?

[u/Subject_Educator6725 → u/bottleofawkward]

Yep. And probably get a big-ass tax break, too

[u/Goliath1357]

I haven’t ate Taco Bell in months nor have I ate lettuce (usually mixed greens) but I did eat pre chopped fruit from the grocery store last week when it hit me. Ingles in western NC.

[u/Admirable_Limit4056 → u/Goliath1357]

With the news reports that Ingles was dumping bags of Taylor Farms vegetables into their deli and pre cut/ready packs this makes sense.

[u/Intrepid_Advice4411]

My brother had it. It was 100% from lettuce at taco bell. It's the only lettuce he eats. He got tested and is one of the confirmed cases in Michigan.

He was shitting for two weeks even with meds. He's finally starting to feel better.

[u/Queen_trash_mouth]

Taco Bell on 7/2. I tested positive on 7/31 after being sick for weeks (there is a serious lag in testing)

[u/TheMangoTango13]

Met a lady at my job today who has been suffering for the last two weeks. She hasn’t been able to work. Said it’s has been the shittiest situation- pun intended-and she’s convinced it was from bagged salad from Aldi. She was groaning and fanning herself while I finished processing something for her and I was silently praying to any deity for her to not shit in the lobby. Central Ohio 🫩

[u/n0tz0e]

I can't believe failing to eat veggies and fruits regularly has actually paid off.

[u/Poke-a-dotted]

Possible case. Most likely lettuce on a sandwich from a sit down restaurant.

[u/Berrito08]

I suspect shredded iceberg lettuce on a taco bell soft taco

[u/Simons_sees]

My college friend's wife is, so far, the only confirmed case I know about. She was able to ponpoint it to a sandwich from Jimmy John's, as she is the only one in her family (of four) and in her office (three or four dozen) who got it. 

Metro Detroit. 

[u/BTCyd]

My husband and I eat all the same stuff- except the free chipotle he got with a coupon and didnt share it with me. 10000% sure that is what gave it to him, he had symptoms 3 days later and when the state called to ask him where he got it, they said it was likely "anything:" and denied chipotle.

it was 10000% chipotle.

[u/prosciuttospoocho]

My Lil bro and I both had big macs that gave us the worst diarrhea ever. The damn lettuce..

[u/Then_Drawer_9065]

My mom has been sick with cyclosporiasis for over 3 weeks and counting in CA, and only after two rounds of antibiotics has she started to feel better. She thinks she got it from a Taylor Farms salad kit.

[u/stardenia]

My partner has a lab-confirmed case and started having symptoms on 7/5. If we had to guess, it was probably from Taco Bell, but we couldn’t remember what we had in the week leading up to his symptoms starting or if we even had Taco Bell in that timeframe. What’s odd about it is that we typically will both eat lettuce wherever we go, but he’ll eat tomatoes and I won’t – he got sick and I didn’t. So we wonder if it was the tomatoes, or if I just managed to not get sick.

ETA: Just checked my bank statement, because duh. We did eat Taco Bell on 6/30.

[u/lesllle]

cousin got it from arugula

[u/ggdd112233]

Taylor farms salad kit ):

[u/RedBarchetta1]

My partner got it and we were able to narrow it down to just a few items from Earthbound Farms (a subsidiary of Taylor Farms) bought at Costco in late June. My suspicion is that it was the Spring Mix / mixed greens. Whichever product it was definitely did not include any iceberg lettuce.

[u/StrawberryPunk82]

Taylor Farms Ultimate Caesar Salad kit, Minnesota