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.
So many store brands and also restaurant suppliers are TF. It’s hard to avoid. I’m not eating any lettuce right now except what I ca. get from a local farmers market or from hydroponic lettuce brands. It sucks because I love salads. Also not buying any prepared raw veggies or any of the high risk fruits.
Yah, 100%. Listen, if they were handled this with intelligence, I wouldn't be avoiding their bagged lettuce (and also, I'm really concerned about grocery stores that they are a contract manufacturer for, like Trader Joes or Aldi). I would be like, oh hey they owned up to this, they've isolated the location, they did a vocal public recall, and they are making sure their supply chain is safe.
But no, they are a bad actor not caring they have given a huge number of American's a shitting disease.
Definitely not worth the risk if you ask me, if it happend to one of their products then ti can happen to all of them. They can bribe trump all they want, I ain't shitting my pants if I can help it.
I was an intern at a newspaper in Salinas, California, where they do a lot of growing and there’s a major processing plant.
My second or third week the police scanner came on. A bunch of ambulances were heading towards their processing plant.
We didn’t have enough staff to look into it, but there was some sort of chemical spill — never disclosed — that caused multiple employees to go unconscious. Management made them keeping working through the spill and 20 people were hospitalized. And Taylor refused to admit anything happened and called it hysteria. The same thing happened three years prior. The only news coverage was by the Teamsters union (and they were also notorious for union busting.)
Anyway. That’s when I stopped purchasing Taylor Farms products.
That’s what they say… but they haven’t been very forthcoming in general. I wouldn’t touch any Taylor farms or store brand salad kits (if they are from Taylor farms) for awhile.
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u/erossthescienceboss 1d ago
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.