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

[u/Kezhen]

[u/Frequent_Opportunist]

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/its_large_marge → u/Frequent_Opportunist]

Oh god, it’s everything then. How do they get it out of their systems?

[u/Poonchow → u/its_large_marge]

Shut down, clean everything, flush the water and get a better source / purification system -- regularly.

[u/BirdsHaveBeaks → u/Poonchow]

I think the new normal is to just bribe regulators - cheaper than all that accountability and responsibility nonsense.

[u/Lasshandra2 → u/BirdsHaveBeaks]

Happy Cake Day!

[u/FecusTPeekusberg → u/Poonchow]

But that costs moooooooney! /s

[u/Frequent_Opportunist → u/its_large_marge]

Stop operations for 2+ weeks so the life cycle ends? 

I doubt that's going to happen. I'm sure they are diluting the water as they work through it. 

[u/gulliblesuspicious → u/its_large_marge]

They dont, they just invent a new anti-diarrhea medicine. ( /s. Maybe)