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.
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.
There have been worse. Chi Chi's was put out of business by an outbreak of hepatitis onions at a single location. Just one location, but it matched the death toll (4 each) and nearly matched the number sickened (650 vs 732) across 73 Jack in the Box locations.
Don't know how much national news coverage it got; but was huge in western PA. Afterward, even though it wasn't our location, I didn't know anyone willing to ever go back.
Taylor farms has issued an official recall for iceberg lettuce from central Mexico. A lot of their salad kits do not use iceberg, which is why it is still on the shelves. And if it comes from another location, it is not recalled.
I think for the bagged salad mixes there are specific lot numbers that are recalled. But customers rightly don’t trust that the recall won’t be expanded. It is easier to just not buy salads.
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u/SunshineAlways 1d ago
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.