If true, it seems like these events happen pretty frequently and more often than not, the source is Mexico. If so, why do we keep buying from Mexico. Can’t we grow domestically or buy from other regions? I’d rather pay more than get sick, even for non-fatal.

Taylor Farms goes on the shit list for me, so to speak, as a seemingly repeat offender.

Honestly, I already avoid produce from Mexico when I go shopping. Which sucks especially for tomatoes. This makes me even more adamant.

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Originally posted by konata88:
If true, it seems like these events happen pretty frequently and more often than not, the source is Mexico. If so, why do we keep buying from Mexico. Can’t we grow domestically or buy from other regions? I’d rather pay more than get sick, even for non-fatal.

Taylor Farms goes on the shit list for me, so to speak, as a seemingly repeat offender.

Plenty of good produce coming out of Salinas, Santa Maria and Imperial Valley...the stuff coming out of Mexico is likely large volume, mid-grade quality best for commercial vendors...like fast-food operators

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Originally posted by BigSwede:
So Michigan has the shits?

The price of Milorganite should go down right?

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Originally posted by TXLe:

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Originally posted by BigSwede:
So Michigan has the shits?

The price of Milorganite should go down right?

Nope, that's Milwaukee, WI.

It's a good time to get a colonoscopy.

Color me shocked. Messican lettuce. Whoda Thunkit?

So "don't shit where you eat" is advice, not just a figure of speech?

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Two words: Night Soil

PS- Explosive diarrhea is getting a bad rap here. It can also be your friend, and maybe even save your life.

NSFW: And don't click if easily nauseated.

^^^^^^^
OMG!! I laughed my butt off at that. I'm such a juvenile.

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Originally posted by Fire Away:
^^^^^^^... I'm such a juvenile.

According to my wife, I am too.



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My wife asks 'how do you tell the difference betreen Cyclosorass and Taco Bell?'

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Originally posted by Cassandra:
My wife asks 'how do you tell the difference betreen Cyclosorass and Taco Bell?'

Taco Bell has napkins

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Originally posted by WCCPHD:
Ifs you wear a mass and socialist distance you be OK.

You mean like 173 GeV/c^2 in China, or you have something else in mind?

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Originally posted by TigerDore:
Two words: Night Soil

PS- Explosive diarrhea is getting a bad rap here. It can also be your friend, and maybe even save your life.

NSFW: And don't click if easily nauseated.

Over in Tanzania, I watched one do that to another one that was chasing it. They.Are.Nasty.

WRT hippos, when looking for them, first you smell them, then you finally see them.

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Originally posted by parabellum:

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Originally posted by Cassandra:
My wife asks 'how do you tell the difference betreen Cyclosorass and Taco Bell?'

Taco Bell has napkins

Wife laughed her ass off...

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Originally posted by jaaron11:
Explosive Diarrhea Epidemic Traced To Gain-Of-Function Lab At Taco Bell Institute

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Originally posted by HRK:
Looks like the "Taco Bell" joke isn't really a joke

https://x.com/CBSEveningNews/s.../2077907317777904049
Federal health officials say Taylor Farms is the likely source of the nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened people in at least 34 states. The California supplier provides lettuce to Taco Bell and major retailers including Walmart, Target and Whole Foods.

Oops! We take that back.

FDA says Taylor Farms Cyclospora lettuce test was a false positive
Taylor Fresh Foods said it was informed that the FDA made a mistake

Published July 20, 2026 3:11am EDT

The Food and Drug Administration said Sunday that a Taylor Farms lettuce sample initially reported as positive for Cyclospora should be considered a false positive following an additional laboratory review.

"Due to the complexity in detection of Cyclospora, FDA laboratory experts re-reviewed the sample results and have concluded that the finding does not represent true amplification and should be considered a false positive," the agency said.

The FDA said no product samples had produced a confirmed positive result for Cyclospora as of Sunday.

Taylor Fresh Foods said the FDA informed the company that the initial result was incorrect.

"To be clear, at this moment, FDA has not identified a single positive product test result for Cyclospora," the company said in a statement.

Taylor Fresh Foods also said the FDA apologized to the company over the erroneous result. The FDA did not include an apology in the agency language provided with the story.

The FDA said it notified Taylor Farms of the revised finding and continues to work with the company and its Taylor Farms de Mexico operation to ensure products implicated in the investigation have been removed from the market. The agency and its state partners are continuing to collect and analyze product samples.

Taylor Farms initiated a voluntary recall of iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico on July 17 after federal investigators traced lettuce served at certain Taco Bell restaurants to Taylor Farms de Mexico. The recall includes iceberg lettuce distributed to retail stores, restaurants and other food-service customers.

"Based on initial information provided by health officials, in an abundance of caution, we completed a voluntary recall of iceberg lettuce from central Mexico," the statement continued. "Recalled product was limited to iceberg lettuce grown and processed in central Mexico. All other Taylor Farms products, including all Taylor Farms brand products available for purchase, are not involved in the recall."

This comes after the FDA said on Saturday that a sample of shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms tested positive for Cyclospora, which has sickened thousands of people across the U.S.

Cyclosporiasis has been linked to shredded iceberg lettuce at Taco Bell restaurants in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia, leading to around 100 hospitalizations so far, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. No deaths have been reported.

That leaves Taco Bell as the source of the problem. Who knew?

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Originally posted by 229DAK:
It's a good time to get a colonoscopy.

Maybe not for the doctor!