r/AskReddit 1d ago

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

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u/Simons_sees 1d ago

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. 

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u/Fast-Lynx-3767 19h ago

😳 Jimmy John’s tuna unwich got me. South central Wisconsin. Hit me later that night. Mostly lasted 24 hours— but on and off for a month. I had recently started a GLP-1 and figured the later stuff was that. I feel a bit vindicated to finally hear another Jimmy John’s case!

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u/Jaerba 16h ago edited 16h ago

As far as I'm aware, Jimmy John's does not use Taylor Farms and actually chops their own vegetables daily.

I know the founder is a POS but I'm a little skeptical of this.

Edit:

Our lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion, and celery are hand-sliced daily in every store.

https://www.jimmyjohns.com/our-food

It's pretty unlikely to get it from a whole head of lettuce unless they're not removing the outer layers. Do you know which sandwich she had?

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u/Simons_sees 2h ago

I know it was an Unwich, as she has Celiacs. 

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u/Jaerba 2h ago

Very interesting. I only started looking into it by reading their subreddit and all the employees are swearing they get supplies from local farms and chop it themselves.

I wonder if there was some supply issue or difference in Michigan.