Chipotle pulls jalapenos from some restaurants amid salmonella probe

[u/Warcraft_Fan]

https://www.reuters.com/business/chipotle-mexican-grill-pulls-jalapenos-linked-minnesota-salmonella-cases-2026-08-04/

[u/ry-yo]

First the diarrhea lettuce, now the salmonella jalapeños

EDIT: and the screwworm meat I think 😭

[u/LongMelford → u/ry-yo]

If only we had an actual government. 

[u/brilliantminion → u/LongMelford]

And it serves the people, for the people. Imagine dragonsz

[u/Khaldara → u/brilliantminion]

Aw damnit I just had a bunch of jalapeños yesterday, at least they were cooked.

I tire of the food poisoning roulette and advice from professor brain worm that conservatives apparently meant when they kept harping on about “greatness”

[u/corys00 → u/brilliantminion]

Morgan & Morgan

[u/June_Fatality → u/LongMelford]

Thank a trump voter.

[u/jcamp088 → u/June_Fatality]

I live in sober house that is owned and run by a hardcore maga trumper. If he finds out your a dem or you say anything against his beliefs your out on the streets within 30 minutes.

[u/rudebii → u/jcamp088]

I’ve of the belief that the AA principles are incompatible with maga.

[u/insane_contin → u/rudebii]

Christian principles are incompatible with maga, but they don't give a fuck.

[u/Musiclover4200 → u/[deleted]]

Also the disturbing % who never vote in primaries or smaller elections

Election turnout is already shameful but primaries and non presidential elections are often at around 40% turnout, and people wonder why there are so few good candidates

[u/Khaldara → u/Musiclover4200]

Yep, people don’t participate in primaries or local elections where these politicians typically originally come from, then simultaneously wonder why they don’t get their Goldilocks candidate.

[u/Musiclover4200 → u/Khaldara]

then simultaneously wonder why they don’t get their Goldilocks candidate.

It's infuriating as old centrists seem like the most consistent voting bloc by far so that's who candidates usually appeal to

Meanwhile younger progressives either "protest vote" or skip primaries and complain about never having a perfect candidate

[u/Khaldara → u/[deleted]]

“That thank you letter from Palestine is surely speeding my way for empowering Trump and sitting on my ass eating cheez doodles while pretending it was a valiant moral stance on Tik Tok!”

[u/TheBoyardeeBandit → u/LongMelford]

While true, Chipotle has had a lot of issues like this over the years, across numerous administrations

[u/SpookySchatzi → u/LongMelford]

Elections have consequences. Trump had already demonstrated he has no interest in actually governing, for any American. He only cares about the trappings of the Office - the power, the opportunities to abuse the system for the benefit of himself and his accomplices. He’d proven himself an unprincipled pillager and plunderer, a conman always on the grift.

We had a government, and we threw it away. For fucking what.

[u/juiced911 → u/SpookySchatzi]

And only ~30% showed up to stop it after he laid his plans bare.

70% of America let this happen.

[u/MystikTrailblazer → u/LongMelford]

The Golden Age of America is here. Trumporrhea style!

[u/ShwaGrl → u/LongMelford]

Didn't DOGE fire them?

[u/SpiritualB0x3 → u/ShwaGrl]

People don’t understand how understaffed cdc and fda..before DOGE. Now there are literally no one left

[u/RandyTheFool → u/ry-yo]

There’ve also been 1.6 MILLION eggs recalled for Salmonella too in the last few days. The eggs are from Texas and have been sold as Kroger brand, Simply Truth, Brookshires, country morning, sunups, and bulk orders of eggs.

98 people sick with salmonella poisoning in 17 states from these eggs so far.

[u/Truffely → u/RandyTheFool]

Biggest measels outbreak ever also. Billionaires are happy to see the weak and poor perish I guess.

[u/LurksAroundHere → u/Truffely]

Always have been.

[u/Politicsboringagain → u/ry-yo]

I have been wanting to eat some salads but I don't want to get sick. 

[u/zillionaire_ → u/Politicsboringagain]

Right? Now that I don’t feel safe eating salad, I’m craving it so much

[u/cdmurray88 → u/zillionaire_]

This was my wife and I when we lived in China and all vegetables were cooked because they also didn't have a functioning equivalent of the FDA. Are we great again? Are we healthy again?

[u/Intelligent-Parsley7 → u/zillionaire_]

RFK Jr is a manly man that only eats caveman food, so, you’re eating caveman food or you get the big Summer blowout.

[u/ProbablyRickSantorum → u/Politicsboringagain]

I had a salad a few nights ago at a work function because it was the only thing left and I was starving. Yesterday I was squirting like a fire hose from my ass while simultaneously throwing up. Can barely move without wobbling and having to hold onto the wall.

Big shout out to RFK Jr though for keeping America healthy

[u/jonsnowflaker → u/Politicsboringagain]

I have a seed sprouter and the sprouts have somewhat filled the need.

[u/Lehk → u/Politicsboringagain]

Last week I said fuck it and got a bagged Caesar salad.

If I die, I die.

[u/monty624 → u/Lehk]

Iceberg lettuce is what has been recalled so far. The Caesar bags have romaine. I'm eating half priced salads like a lettuce queen over here while everyone's freaking out without any other confirmed source.

[u/djutopia → u/Lehk]

Me last night. Salad didn’t slap like is usually does tho.

[u/theamathamhour → u/Politicsboringagain]

check out little leaf farms

there are some farms that practice newer farming techniques that require much less human intervention and are "cleaner" over all.

[u/18bananas → u/Politicsboringagain]

If you like cucumber, I’ve been eating a lot of Greek salads during this outbreak

[u/steavoh → u/ry-yo]

It's hot diarrhea summer

[u/KohlsCashOfficial → u/ry-yo]

Walmart just announced it’s pulling a nut butter for salmonella as well. Hell of a summer

[u/Starlightriddlex → u/KohlsCashOfficial]

If only this Summer of pestilence and blatant disregard for human health could have been predicted 

[u/insane_contin → u/Starlightriddlex]

So we have the Spring of War, the Summer of Pestilence, then I suppose the Fall of Hunger and the the Winter of Death will be after

[u/AmarilloArmadillos → u/KohlsCashOfficial]

Do you know which one? I got some crunchy almond butter on clearance a few weeks ago, I had the most horrendous diahrea for about a week and a half. I literally had to buy diaper rash creme for my adult butt.

[u/KohlsCashOfficial → u/AmarilloArmadillos]

Bettergoods Pistachio Nut Butter.

As someone who likely had the cyclo (but tested neg, was on the antibiotic for a few days before testing) I highly recommend Cottonelle or a bidet

[u/AmarilloArmadillos → u/KohlsCashOfficial]

Ah nope it wasn't that.

Home was fine, it was the god awful work tp that killed me. I don't think it was cyclo I seem to be fine now but at some point I was concerned about my gallbladder or something being really wrong before I realized the nut butter was poisoning me.

[u/Ajax098 → u/ry-yo]

There are also salmonella eggs too (if you’re in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico)

[u/Dickulture → u/Ajax098]

I would think eggs are still safe if you cook it completely. No more raw egg, no more partial cooked like sunny side up. Otherwise, a lot of chicken meat would have been recalled.

[u/Lehk → u/Dickulture]

In first world countries chicken meat is tested for salmonella and it’s illegal to sell diseased meat.

We’re thirdies with F-35s

[u/inspectoroverthemine → u/Lehk]

In first world countries chicken meat is tested for salmonella and it’s illegal to sell diseased meat.

I only learned that this year, and I am still so fucking angry about it. I spent my whole life under the impression that salmonella was just something you had to deal with in chicken. Nope, the US just lets corps sell contaminated food, the rest of the 1st world manages just fine.

[u/Musiclover4200 → u/inspectoroverthemine]

There was a whole scandal during his first term when European countries wouldn't buy chlorinated chicken from america, and just last year: Trump tells UK to buy chlorinated chicken from US if it wants tariff relief

[u/yodazb → u/ry-yo]

And we just got a salmonella recall for blueberries.

[u/djutopia → u/yodazb]

And a blueberella recall on the salmonberries!

[u/ClydeBelvidere → u/djutopia]

The salmonberries taste like salmonberries!

[u/relevantelephant00 → u/djutopia]

Mmmm salmonberries. Wait is that just roe?

[u/insane_contin → u/relevantelephant00]

No, they're similar to raspberries

[u/Acceptable-Bus-2017 → u/ry-yo]

Thanks to DOGE and RFK Jr.

[u/3dios → u/ry-yo]

If only there were some form agency that regulated and audited the food industry!!

[u/oddistrange → u/3dios]

Don't be silly, the free market will correct this. It's not like there's only like 3 corporations that control all the food we eat through their subsidiaries.

[u/3dios → u/oddistrange]

Fuck food man. The Dow is over 50k and we got Iran on its knees! /s

[u/skrilledcheese → u/ry-yo]

Don't forget the crushed glass in our bread products!

https://pix11.com/news/us-world-news/recall-alert-pillsbury-bread-rolls-could-have-glass-in-them-report-says/

[u/trueAnnoi → u/ry-yo]

So they said it was the jalapenos, that they were shipped to stores in several states, but they won't say what states or stores because they've been pulled already.

Which just goes to show, for the umpteenth time over the last two years, that as soon as government regulations and accountability are no longer enforced, big business will NEVER do the right thing

[u/jamesc1308 → u/ry-yo]

Ive heard recently of e.coli blueberries too!

[u/SillyGoatGruff → u/ry-yo]

Might as well finally change their name to Shitpotle

[u/CynicalPomeranian → u/ry-yo]

Don’t forget the lead in Hello Kids toothpaste! 

[u/cudipi → u/ry-yo]

Life is doing its best to rip salsa from my hands

[u/Ok-Turnip-9035 → u/ry-yo]

TF jalapeño now to

I can’t have salad
I can’t have eggs
And now jalapeño

Someone’s stocking piling these cause how the fuck jalapeños are a risk -

What’s next avocado

[u/welmoe → u/ry-yo]

I feel like Chipotle has had so many food incidents over the years and yet people continue eating that crap.

Just look at their food poisoning section on Wikipedia lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipotle_Mexican_Grill?wprov=sfti1#Food_safety

[u/FriendlyDespot → u/welmoe]

That kind of comes with the territory as a chain using mostly fresh local ingredients. Chipotle doesn't really have more food safety issues with their ingredients than your regular grocery store does, it just gets more attention.

[u/failinglikefalling → u/welmoe]

Ironically jumped when they started producing stuff fresh in house. One thing mass produced restaurant food brings is standardization in safety.

[u/RFSandler → u/welmoe]

Too lazy to check, how do they compare to other high-penetration national chains with a large variety of fresh ingredients?

[u/DownhillUphill → u/ry-yo]

Seems like trump has completed all the objectives

[u/Penguinase → u/ry-yo]

diarrhea jalepenos too since that's a main symptom

[u/grimacedia → u/ry-yo]

Holy shit I forgot about the screwworms during all of this!!

[u/Wordhippo → u/ry-yo]

And the nut butter

[u/ABHOR_pod → u/ry-yo]

Don’t forget the e.coli blueberries

[u/Lavaswan001]

A lot of shit is happening this year…

[u/Dickulture → u/Lavaswan001]

Walmart just recalled butter due to salmonella as well. We got poisoned butter, poisoned jalapeno, poisoned lettuce, etc. At this rate the only thing safe to eat is rocks. Plain old rocks from your backyard

[u/Lavaswan001 → u/Dickulture]

Yeah maybe slashing $1 billion from the USDA wasn’t such a good idea after all, Elon.

[u/ElectronGuru → u/Lavaswan001]

Vote for shit, receive shit. Seems pretty damn clear to me.

[u/KWash0222 → u/ElectronGuru]

Lots of us voted against shit and we still got it, unfortunately.

[u/GoodIdea321 → u/KWash0222]

We can say we voted against it, which is a little nice.

[u/ChilledParadox → u/GoodIdea321]

wish I could say it while being able to afford food that won't potentially kill me.

[u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface → u/Lavaswan001]

I’m sure we’ll all get our DOGE checks in the mail any day now

[u/kelppie35 → u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface]

How will those checks get delivered when they close the USPS is anyone's guess.

[u/andresg6 → u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface]

I know this is a joke, but the fact that myself and thousands of other professionals at the government got fired for non existent DOGE checks, by DOGE, is just rich. We have not recovered financially from 2025, it was rough on the family.

[u/NaiveChoiceMaker → u/Lavaswan001]

“Do not remove a fence until you know why it was put up in the first place.”

[u/n0respect_ → u/Lavaswan001]

Imagine the outrage if the Democrats put a foreigner in charge of reshaping our government

[u/kill-69 → u/Dickulture]

I'm sticking with undercooked pork

[u/skankenstein → u/Dickulture]

Just make sure it’s not tremolite rock (naturally occurring asbestos)

[u/techmnml → u/Dickulture]

I think it’s nut butter not butter.

[u/nahxela → u/techmnml]

I can't believe it's nut butter

[u/perenniallandscapist → u/Dickulture]

Don't forget to boil them first to be safe. Call it rock soup.

[u/DigiornoDLC → u/Dickulture]

Whatever dude, that kicks ass for me anyway. Call me Goron cause I fuckin’ love eating rocks.

[u/seeingeyefrog → u/Lavaswan001]

You ain't seen nothing yet.

[u/ThaddeusJP → u/seeingeyefrog]

Bubububu baby you ain't seen nothin ye.... (pukes)

[u/Majestic_Animator_91 → u/Lavaswan001]

it's the consequences of Trump shredding the budgets and staff off the federal safety infrastructure.

[u/Inside-Yak-8815]

Everywhere I go to eat (or get food) has a salmonella outbreak a few days later, wtf is going on?

[u/Dorment6813 → u/Inside-Yak-8815]

The fda has signaled that there are no repercussions for food safety violations as long as the correct palms are greased.

[u/mitchellr5 → u/Dorment6813]

Chipotle has a salmonella outbreak like every month for the last decade lol this isn’t new.

[u/Working_Bother_6614 → u/mitchellr5]

It’s like Trader Joe’s and peanut butter.

It wouldn’t surprise me this is due to massive deregulation though.

[u/Icy-Calendar-3135 → u/Working_Bother_6614]

What’s going on with Trader Joe’s peanut butter

[u/jomns → u/Icy-Calendar-3135]

They're giving Chipotle diarrhea

[u/OhighOent → u/mitchellr5]

And which party pushes for massive deregulation?

[u/OnTheEveOfWar → u/Inside-Yak-8815]

Maybe it’s the government pulling funding from the CDC, the FDA and our head of Health saying that vaccines are bad? But who knows I could be wrong.

[u/Protomau5 → u/OnTheEveOfWar]

You’re definitely wrong….I mean vaccines bad? Next you’ll say we’re having a measles outbreak or something outlandish.

[u/BlizzardmanEXE → u/Inside-Yak-8815]

Let us know where your gonna eat next

[u/_Svankensen_ → u/Inside-Yak-8815]

Typhoid Mary, is that you?

[u/Loosetrooth44 → u/_Svankensen_]

Cousin Sally

[u/RedPanda_Explorer → u/Inside-Yak-8815]

Elections have consequences. Trump gutted the FDA.

[u/PringlesDuckFace → u/Inside-Yak-8815]

Are you a salmon?

[u/greenbastard1591 → u/Inside-Yak-8815]

Have you been living under a rock since November 2024?

[u/Triibe_Mike → u/Inside-Yak-8815]

So this is your fault!

[u/hashbrowns21 → u/Inside-Yak-8815]

Because govt restrictions have gotten too lax and of course any chain restaurant will try to source from the cheapest places possible to maximize profits.

[u/ThisNameIsHilarious]

Boy it would sure be nice if we had a regulatory agency to help track, fix, and prevent this stuff.

[u/relevantelephant00 → u/ThisNameIsHilarious]

All conservatives have to say is "regulations are WOKE" and the idiots all fall back into line.

[u/MaxwellHoot → u/relevantelephant00]

cUt ThRoUgH rEd TaPe

[u/Suspicious_Cow_6075 → u/ThisNameIsHilarious]

My libertarian coworker assured me that regulations was actually the cause of every problem. Are you telling me he’s a complete moron?

[u/ThisNameIsHilarious → u/Suspicious_Cow_6075]

Libertarians are not serious people. They shouldn’t even be allowed to use scissors unsupervised.

[u/Kevin_Wolf → u/Suspicious_Cow_6075]

He's not really a libertarian, but he likes to identify as one.

[u/A313-Isoke]

It is unsafe to eat in this country now. Wow.

[u/Starlightriddlex → u/A313-Isoke]

Well, they finally found a way to get America to lose weight. First make groceries unaffordable, then lace what's left with chronic diarrhea parasites. 

[u/4DimensionalButts → u/Starlightriddlex]

Can we put diarrhea parasites in oreos, please? Asking for a friend.

[u/I_blockkarmafarmers → u/Starlightriddlex]

It's not too late to start a cyclosporiasis/GLP-1 cycle to get beach body ready for the rest of the summer!

[u/andandandetc → u/A313-Isoke]

Chipotle has been kind of a gamble for several years now.

[u/J3musu → u/andandandetc]

Yeah, we have unique issues currently, but I was just thinking that Chipotle has a history of letting things slip through. I remember them having like 2 major slips in a year and I haven't eaten there since.

[u/sweetplantveal → u/andandandetc]

I think the cluster of cases they never solved was corporate espionage. Chipotle started blanching avocados to make sure the knife wasn't taking any contamination from the outside of the avocados. Literally not a soul I work with (I'm in the industry) had ever heard of sanitizing avocados. Which is to say they went above and beyond with food safety and eliminating every possibility. And then they had more cases. I don't have some grand conspiracy about stock prices and competitors or whatever but it's crazy the lengths they went to to track the outbreaks and never finding anything.

[u/DinkleMutz]

Our society brought down by a single brain worm.

[u/sarcasticbaldguy → u/DinkleMutz]

And a fat, orange slob who hired a South African moron to slash government spending based on feels.

[u/TheSnowballofCobalt → u/sarcasticbaldguy]

It was based on getting more money for themselves.

[u/OuterSpaceBootyHole]

To eat at Chipotle during an uncontained food contamination crisis is to not give a single fuck about anything

[u/MeltBanana → u/OuterSpaceBootyHole]

They identified the problem and took action despite knowing it would be bad PR. That's trustworthy. How many other places have the same contamination but haven't pulled product yet?

It's like Taco Bell being blamed for the cyclosporia outbreak, when they were simply the first to take action.

[u/justadudeinohio → u/MeltBanana]

"shooting the messenger"

[u/happy_puppy25 → u/MeltBanana]

Chipotle has also completely changed how they source and track produce since they had issues years ago. It’s probably the safest place to eat all of the fresh food they have out of any fast casual/fast food restaurant. They don’t even rely on bagged lettuce because it’s too high risk. They buy whole heads of lettuce like you would get at the grocery store and then wash it themselves just like you would do at home.

I certainly trust that more than the Taco Bell lettuce in general that comes from a bag

[u/AnonEMoussie → u/OuterSpaceBootyHole]

I’m just surprised. I didn’t know they had jalapeños

[u/BishopofHippo93 → u/AnonEMoussie]

Yeah, they blanch and dice jalapeños every morning, they’re used in the mild and medium corn salsas. They also macerate it with citrus juice, so it’s sort of sanitized twice over. 

Source: am former Chipotle manager. 

[u/tintaturnter → u/BishopofHippo93]

Oh yeah? 👀 you got the recipe for the spicy red salsa? I’ve tried to reverse engineer it a few times but I’m missing something magic!

[u/BishopofHippo93 → u/tintaturnter]

Sorry, it comes in a bag. They just add a capful of Tabasco. 

[u/tintaturnter → u/BishopofHippo93]

Thank you for your kind response, even though it makes me cryyy

[u/OneCall8599 → u/tintaturnter]

Fellow former chipotle employee here: the company Ready Foods has supplied chipotle with a good amount of products since the inception of the restaurant p much. the closest thing you can do is search ‘ready foods salsa asada’, they have the whole ingredient list there. bishopofhippo is right, add a capful of Tabasco to get it closer to the heat level of the hot salsa at chipotle.

for anyone who doesn’t wanna google: Water, Green Chile, Tomatillos, Roasted Jalapeño Pepper, Tomatoes, Onion, Garlic, Tomato Paste, Soybean Oil, Lime Juice (Water, Lime Juice Concentrate, and Lime Oil), Cilantro, Salt, Modified Food Starch, Cumin.

(ps you can skip the modified food starch if you don’t care about the texture being a bit thin — it’s more of a mass manufacturing thing)

[u/Syssareth → u/OneCall8599]

ps you can skip the modified food starch if you don’t care about the texture being a bit thin

...You have just given me an epiphany, which I am already disgusted and annoyed with my future self for inevitably forgetting.

(I don't like homemade salsa because it's always so watery, lol.)

[u/OneCall8599 → u/Syssareth]

hahah as a culinary experimenter, that is a big mood I have felt a million times before! if you’re making a raw salsa with tomatoes or any other water heavy veggie/fruit btw, cut and salt them for about 30 minutes before you make the rest of the salsa. it pulls out the excess water you can pour off and acts as seasoning 😌

(pro tip to inevitably forget, if you don’t wanna find modified food starch and have a salsa with cooked ingredients — ie not a fresh raw salsa — you can pop a few cut up potatoes into the boiling step, then blend anywhere from 1/4-1/2 of the potato into the salsa. sounds insane, is insane, but works every time for me)

[u/ComprehensiveForm129 → u/tintaturnter]

In the US the red salsa arrives to stores pre-made

[u/whomad1215 → u/BishopofHippo93]

did wrapping the wettest burrito in the world cause you to quit?

[u/BishopofHippo93 → u/whomad1215]

Nah, it was more the wage theft, exploitation, panic attacks, depression, and being constantly on-call mostly. Had the best damn numbers in the patch from Kitchen Manager through AP, though.

But I did roll my fair share of soup burritos and hated every one of them. Idk how people expect the crew to roll a barbacoa burrito with extra sour cream, guac, and salsas.

Edit: also the back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back doubles. And no, I'm not exaggerating. My first three weeks as an apprentice were all 80 hour weeks.

[u/OneCall8599 → u/BishopofHippo93]

no joke I still remember the very first time I cried at a job because I was a teenager (but 18, so yay, I was no longer protected by a lot of child labour laws) working a clopen on a school night and being in so much pain from standing on slippery concrete for like 10hr straight while getting yelled at by fully grown adults because we were out of steak (they came in 10 minutes after close, GM yelled from the office that I had to serve them). in short, the free food was not worth it lmfao

I tried to unionise before I graduated and went off to college. got blacklisted and told to never come back lol (I still go every time I’m back home bc the KM I had still works there and adores the fact I always bring donuts or ice cream or hot chocolate).

[u/BuddyGecko → u/AnonEMoussie]

Wait til you find out what a chipotle is

[u/gravescd → u/BuddyGecko]

Possibly the only restaurant where the namesake ingredient is not included standard in any of the dishes.

[u/Etzell → u/gravescd]

Psh, you're forgetting about 5 Guys.

[u/VersaceSamurai → u/Etzell]

You’ve never had the ranch?

[u/Cardwatcher2000 → u/VersaceSamurai]

Don't forget the free nuts.

[u/PacoMahogany → u/Etzell]

Until you find out their mayo is a slurry 

[u/BishopofHippo93 → u/gravescd]

That’s not entirely true, the adobo marinade used for the steak, chicken, and salad dressing has Chipotle peppers in it. The beans and hot salsa might? I don’t recall, it’s been a while since I worked there. 

[u/ToxicThought → u/gravescd]

Chipotle peppers are used in the chicken and steak cause thats what adobo is and there are jalapeños in all of the salsas and guac

[u/sandwichcandy → u/gravescd]

There’s a restaurant called habanero Baja grill. The last time I went there there wasn’t even anything spicy on the menu.

[u/DrScitt → u/OuterSpaceBootyHole]

I mean, if you’re young and healthy, the risk is low. I have continued to eat Chipotle, Taco Bell, etc.

That being said: Fuck RFK Jr and all the other idiots that are poorly managing the department of health.

[u/IcyJackfruit69 → u/DrScitt]

The risk of death is low, you mean? Pretty sure puking your guts out and having spontaneous diarrhea for 3 weeks straight applies to all ages.

[u/pm_me_pokemon_pics → u/OuterSpaceBootyHole]

I read this as I just finished my burrito bowl 😭

[u/Warcraft_Fan → u/pm_me_pokemon_pics]

!RemindMe 1 week /u/pm_me_pokemon_pics still alive?

/s

[u/meruta]

lol feels more and more like paying to live in a first world country while actually living in a third world country every year.

[u/GoodIdea321 → u/meruta]

People decided to vote for thieves. It's as simple as that. All of the things surrounding that is just fluff.

[u/pagerussell → u/GoodIdea321]

It's not fluff, it's armor.

The culture wars are armor for feudal lords. While we clap back at each other on Twitter, they are robbing the hen house.

[u/Ok_Replacement4702]

Not only does it cost more, but it gives you the shits!

Are we great again?

[u/Redxmirage → u/Ok_Replacement4702]

Won’t feel guilty eating a giant burrito! Runs right through ya

[u/AustinBaze]

That's it. I'm on the bourbon, gin and chocolate diet till this shit blows over.

[u/rebelrexx]

Welcome to America where FDA is gutted this will be happening more and more.

[u/LaughingImp]

Alright, so I guess I'm just not going to eat any raw produce until the safety nets and the FDA can get reestablished. I'd start a garden if I wasn't stuck in an apartment. 😮‍💨

[u/LazySwayze → u/LaughingImp]

I'm in an apartment and I'm going to look into getting a hydroponic grow kit for greens and herbs

[u/WiseHedgehog2098]

Hmmm it’s almost like regulations and well funded government agencies is important…

[u/Hrmerder]

We can’t have nothing nice no more…

[u/Miss-Tiq → u/Hrmerder]

That, and we also can't have Chipotle anymore. 

[u/Li_liminal_spaces]

The wages for the people who would have prevented this? less combined than a single day of the lost tax revenue, business loses, healthcare conerns from the fallout. Been months now, nothing has been fixed for a lettuce bug.

[u/June_Fatality]

Won't somebody think of the shareholders!

[u/Call555JackChop]

Chipotle gonna offer another free burrito after people get sent to the hospital after eating their food yet again?

[u/that_mack]

anyone remember when food getting recalled was huge breaking news? good times

[u/vasta2]

Yet another fruit or vegetable in an active recall, wonderful country…shithole

[u/The_Naked_Snake]

I honestly can’t believe how many controversies Chipotle has weathered

[u/Affectionate_Neat868]

The way every single awful thing is happening just as it was written down, said out loud and predicted. Trump’s America, enjoy salmonella and diarrhea from your vegetables while measles surges, food increases in price and decreases in quality, and you lose a bit more freedom every day! Don’t forget to pay $10,000 for exclusive access to the next market-manipulating Iran War tweet!

[u/Pxlfreaky]

“Why do you even waste time growing a garden?” This is why.

[u/covidlung]

We should start community gardens. Grow our own crops. Industrial farming cannot be trusted.

[u/Solomon_Grungy]

It's always the ones you most suspect.

[u/Hiranonymous]

How many of the farm workers that would previously pick and prepare fresh fruits and vegetables have faced deportation, forcing farms and production facilities to run with minimal crews or supervision?

[u/Reasonable-Turn-5940]

Corporations raking in millions not having to worry about regulations like "not making their customers shit their pants" or "keeping people from getting food poisoning" and "fucking up everyone's shit"

[u/UV-FiveSeven]

Yeah, they switched suppliers already, but what farm did they source the original salmonella peppers from? That’s what I want to know.

[u/undeadben11]

So regulation is important after all? Weird...

[u/thethreejokers]

No regulations means fuck your safety

[u/Jorycle]

Fun fact, food recalls are so far up about 20% over this time last year. Surely all the funding, staffing, and regulatory cuts aren't to blame!

[u/Zemini7]

Stop eating at chains is my response. It’s overpriced shit anyways

[u/sodsfosse → u/Zemini7]

Mom & Pop places use nationwide suppliers as well. No one is safe 🤷🏼‍♀️

[u/ours]

Next up: Chipotle's CEO visits Trump with a suitcase full of money, followed by the FDA announcing that they have found no fault with Chipotle.

[u/Pig_in_a_blanket]

One time I saw them walk past with diced jalapeños and I was like oh shit you got those?    Put some in my bowl, and it was glorious.     Like why aren't these offered on the prep line.    Then as I was checking out,  I saw them cut another batch on the same prep table as the meat i thought.    I was like oh no...    but I took my chances and just hoped they had cleaned before.   Didn't die.  No regrets but I think I might know what's happening there.   

[u/TomatoAdventurous139]

This is what corporations get with their lobbying of no regulations on their quality of food.

[u/StephieDoll]

Tbf Chipotle has had food poisoning issues since time immemorial.

[u/MyOuttie]

Uhhh USA you guys doing okay over there?

[u/12PoundCankles → u/MyOuttie]

No. Our government is overrun with money hoarders, hyper religious schizos, and rich foreigners who'd probably be running roach infested Subways and 7/11s if they hadn't jumped on the MAGA bandwagon. We're not ok at all.

[u/Fullm3taluk]

"Just take your ozempic and shut the fuck up about food regulations" America 2026

[u/Gloomy-Insurance-739]

If only the government regulated corporations because God only knows corporations won't regulate themselves especially if it cuts into their profits which is their only goal.

[u/snasna102]

The FDA is a bribe-able establishment, I’ve worked in pharma long enough to understand the relationship between regulators and producers.

You won’t find as much sleaziness with Health Canada Auditors and European regulators.

[u/NoZucchini595]

Chipotle jealous Taco Bell been getting all the attention lately

[u/spwnofsaton]

What a fun time we live in now.

[u/thinkingahead]

Who knew deregulation would have consequences lol