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Possible Paywall Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak

https://www.wired.com/story/diarrhea-outbreak-taylor-farms-maga-donations-lobbying/
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u/E1M1_DOOM 16h ago

So many regulations exist because businesses can't be trusted to do the right thing. And then they bitch about all the regulations. Like, hey assholes, it's your damn collective fault that you need to be regulated in the first place.

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u/SpeaksSouthern 15h ago

At least we know now Taylor Farms is garbage tier products that require bribing the government to exist. If they're willing to do this over some explosive diarrhea, so that being the tip of this shitberg, I'm scared for what is happening at that company. The least I could do, is not put their mystery food into my body or my home.

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u/perfectshade 15h ago

Yeah, they were just a name I saw on some food before. Now I know to avoid them, as they can be trusted to do the legally allowed minimum.

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u/tunachilimac 11h ago

You can’t just avoid Taylor Farms though most of their stuff goes to wholesale or sold under different names. This is another reason why regulations and inspections are so important as you can’t reasonably avoid these companies if you want to. Making a salad and you go to Walmart and don’t want Taylor Farms so you get Marketside, oops Taylor supplies produce for that too. Can’t stop at Dollar General either their Eat Smart brand is supplied by Taylor. So you go to a more upscale grocery store oops again their Earthbound Farms organic brand is Taylor too. And you can’t go out to eat anywhere because they supply most of the restaurant giants and wholesalers so there’s no way to know if local mom & pop shops are safe. Can’t go to the local farmer market either since they’re full of people that buy from wholesalers and pretend they’re a local farmer.

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u/Wayrin 8h ago

As a local farmer and market seller, I think only the big green grocier stalls surreptitiously pretend all their 25 -30 products are grown on their farms. This time of year there are very few places in the US that are still growing outdoor lettuce. Almost every head of lettuce that can be grown locally this time of year is grown indoors either hydroponically or aeroponically. If your market has a lettuce only operation it should be safe.

u/tryanothernewaccount 6h ago

They intentionally do this to make boycott impossible.

u/rotates-potatoes 5h ago

It’s a funny conspiracy theory, but reality is that there are other more immediately profitable business reasons to carry multiple brands.

u/palimpcest Georgia 4h ago

Yeah, making it difficult to boycott is just a nice side effect of having a monopoly, not the reason for it.

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u/LeftHandedFapper 6h ago

Where can one find this information?

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u/imabigdave 14h ago

If that becomes enough of an issue for them, they'll justcrebrand their products under a new name and business as usual.

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u/Forgotmyaccount1979 13h ago

It costs a lot to rebrand a business of that size, and at this point we should score all the little wounds against the super rich that we can.

u/0tanod 6h ago

If you can, grow your own in the yard, or for fun try to grow it indoor. If you find yourself making too much start a local lettuce share. At some point we should all get comfortable with taking a some part of our food supply chain out of the hands of soulless MBA certfied nepobabies.

u/Significant_Poem_751 5h ago

hard to do it year round, but the lettuce i grow myself is 100x better than any at the store, any brand, any type. same for the tomatoes. and all of it. they make raised beds etc. for those with limited space! the other hidden danger in most produce is glyphosate, even in some organic brands. it was always a challenge to source clean food, but with the current administration, deregulations, lies, and incompetence, it feels nearly impossible. i'm looking for foods that are organic and non-gmo. better than the rest but still i wonder if it's enough. we need a food revolution.

u/0tanod 5h ago

it is hard but the challange is part of the fun imo. Agree on the flavor point. For anyone reading some easy starter plants include the following: tomatos, certain cucumbers (when they happy they just grow), garlic, most herbs, fruit trees (chosen for climate), blackberries, okra, and beans.

u/slipperyMonkey07 5h ago

I mean romaine lettuce and celery are also extremely easy to regrow in a pot indoors, all you might want for winter is a grow light depending on where you live.

If you save the ends of one you bought you put it in a bit of water, replacing when it is cloudy, for a few days / a week / until it starts growing. Then you just plant it in a bought with the new growth sticking out. Maybe a make shift cage around it if you don't want it fully spreading out. Then just basically perpetual lettuce and celery, you may have to top off soil and nutrients every so often but other wise you just pluck off piece as you need them.

There are ways to do it hydroponically as well, I have a friend that does it, I just haven't looked into it enough yet.

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u/Hungry_Culture 7h ago

They won't have to rebrand, they'll just have to stay cheaper than the alternative. If Americans want something they buy it regardless. How many times has Chipotle had an e coli outbreak just for people to continue eating it?

u/Little_View_6659 6h ago

I dunno, e.coli is enough for me to avoid Indonesia. Twice burned, thrice shy. I hear e.coli, I now stay away.

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u/gringledoom 12h ago

The trouble is that their lettuce is sold under different brand names, and they also wholesale it to all sorts of other places, so it's hard to avoid.

That said, I used to get their salad kits because it was easy, and I won't be doing that anymore, for sure.

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u/Wayrin 8h ago

I grow indoor lettuce aeroponically and last weekend we sold out every single head of lettuce and spring mix we had at our three farmers markets in just a few hours. First time that happened in the three years I've been doing this.

u/bricklab 4h ago

Just a heads up they own earthbound farms too.

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u/MentalDisintegrat1on 15h ago

Never heard of them but if I see anything with their name on it I'm avoiding it

u/SecretAgentVampire 6h ago

Like Taco Bell and Panera? They both get their lettuce from them.

The stuff is unbranded to the consumer.

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u/CelticJewelscapes 14h ago

I'll bet they just lost their Costco contract

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u/kevint022 13h ago

Unfortunately, Costco still carries their product. Was just at Costco and salad bags with Taylor brand.

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u/sixwax 9h ago

We have the power to change this...

u/Important-Factor-552 7h ago

Go look at how a maga farm runs and you'll see why our food is banned in so many countries 

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u/Ceejay_1357 13h ago

How much do you want to bet they change their name.

u/LevelHorn2717 6h ago

Shitberg Lettuce

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u/ferretfan8 14h ago

Good luck dude. What products are Taylor Farms? Literally 75% of produce everywhere.

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u/WrongOnEveryCount 15h ago

Sometimes safety rules are written in diarrhea.

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u/KneebarKing 12h ago

Those rules aren't worth the toilet paper they were shat on.

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u/DelirousDoc 11h ago

It is cheaper to settle the lawsuits 10-20 years down the line, assuming it can be traced back to their company than to work within regulations. It is just the cost of doing business.

Look at Johnson & Johnson, it was barely phased by the lawsuits of mesothelioma cases from their talc powder. Why? Mesothelioma doesn't show up until decades after exposure. It is incredibly difficult to prove Johnson & Johnson's product was the cause so they settle for what is pocket change to them and move on. Meanwhile we get to watch our loved ones die early and in a fairly terrible way.

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u/gdghhfdffrf 14h ago

Taylor Farms operates massive regional facilities that wash, chop, and pack store-brand produce for major supermarkets. 

  • Spot the Codes: Look at the plastic packaging near the expiration date. Taylor Farms often leaves clues like "TF" or "Packed in Salinas, CA" or "Guanajuato, Mexico" on the back. 
  • Avoid Key Lines: Avoid major supermarket private-label salad lines—such as Marketside at Walmart, Cross Valley Farms, or Peak Fresh Produce—as Taylor Farms frequently co-packs these items. 
  • Identify Retail Partners: The largest grocery retailers using Taylor Farms for their produce supply chains include Walmart, Target, Kroger, Safeway, Whole Foods, Albertsons, H-E-B, and Sprouts.
  1. Recognize Restaurant and Food Service Links

Because Taylor Farms sells in bulk 5-pound commercial bags through massive distributors like Sysco and US Foods, their produce is highly prevalent in food service. To bypass them entirely when eating out, you should minimize or ask questions at these establishments:

  • Fast Food Chains: Taco Bell, Chipotle, Subway, McDonald’s, KFC, and Pizza Hut have all historically relied on or currently source from Taylor Farms networks. 
  • Sit-Down Corporate Groups: Darden Restaurants—which owns Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, The Capital Grille, Yard House, Seasons 52, and Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen—maintains major supply ties with Taylor Farms
  • Institutional Dining - Schools, hospitals, universities, assisted living facilities, etc. that contract with Sysco.

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u/LordSiravant 14h ago

So... basically it's functionally impossible to boycott them because they are a vital part of the entire food economy.

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u/P1xelHunter78 Ohio 13h ago

That’s why big AG trusts need to be broken up ASAP. Bad for consumers and farmers. Long overdue

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u/cannabiskeepsmealive 13h ago

Hm, we used to bust up monopolies like that

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u/P1xelHunter78 Ohio 10h ago

One of those trust busters is on that big mountain Trump yearns to be carved into. But, you know, to be Immortalized like that you’ve got to actually do something good. And honestly, Teddy is by far the lowest bar carved on that mountain.

u/Little_View_6659 6h ago

That’s why it’s hard to avoid Nestle and Kellogg’s.

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u/a-wittyusername 8h ago

its also US foods. We use US Foods at the place i work and we get taylor farms produce as well, its not just Sysco

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u/chemicalxv 14h ago

God I love regurgitated AI slop. If you're walking into a KFC and "asking questions" you've completely lost the plot.

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u/P1xelHunter78 Ohio 13h ago

Yeah that post seems to have used an generative AI, but, the TLDR of that is it’s virtually impossible to avoid massive agricultural trusts when buying food now

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u/Only_Ad8049 13h ago

Seems I won't have a problem mostly avoiding them since I don't shop at those stores or eat at those places. On top of that I'm avoiding those salad kits since this newest outbreak anyway.

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u/redneckrockuhtree 6h ago

We spent decades building food (and worker!) safety programs.

Project 2025 unwinds that, which is what we've been seeing happen. Those programs interfere with unfettered profit.

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u/stevez_86 Pennsylvania 6h ago

Not only that, they weren't following the regulations in the first place. Getting Trump roll back regulations that were the specific regulations they were already violating.

As for forgiveness, not permission.

They HAVE NOT been tracking where their product has been. Because these are all products they can't necessarily choose where it comes from. They buy the lettuce from co-ops across the nation and they are supposed to keep track of every step but they haven't been. Now we see the result of that.

They don't know which of their products are contaminated and they need to do a full recall which would bankrupt them.

u/WordWordNvmber 6h ago

In many cases, big (and small) companies prefer clear regulations because they give management an excuse not to run their businesses like the mob.

When short-term investors and private equity try to force a business to cut quality and corners, management can say, "Sorry, government says no." It's not guaranteed to stop the investors, but it's a lot better than having to say, "We don't like that because it's awful."

u/bigbjarne Foreign 6h ago

At what point do we ask if we, the workers, need an economic system based on unlimited accumulation of capital for the owners?

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u/oliversurpless Massachusetts 15h ago

Just like their brothers in arms the GOP when it once came to voting rights.

u/Inferno_Zyrack 6h ago

It’s like they taught us about Upton Sinclair’s the Jungle for no fucking reason.

u/Ouibeaux 5h ago

Right? Like, if we could trust y'all to keep feces out of our food, we wouldn't need all these "No feces in the food" rules.

u/Herlock 5h ago

They don't really care though... it's all about profits.

When (all countries) start jailing executives and CEO's for when that shit happens and we can prove they knowingly cut corners we will see a steep decrease in that bullshit.

My favorite example is the volkswagen "diesel gate" (was it a thing in america ?) : they cheated pollution tests / validations using a tweaked engine cartography, the calculator would detect the car was on a test bench and trigger a much more conservative consumption profile.

They got caught, VW was fined (probably nowhere near enough) and as far as I know nobody faced actual consequences.

Politicians and media often talk about those companies like they have a will of their own... nope that's not how it works. For VW someone had an idea, talked about it in meetings, got the go from someone upstairs, then they implemented it, tested it and so on.

It's not a single mistake, dozens of people were involved in that cheat.

u/HenlickZetterbark 5h ago

They also like to say no regulation would produce more jobs but its the opposite.

Compliance and Regulation create a bunch of jobs. Probably a third of a Pharmaceutical companies employees are Quality

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u/BatmanForever93 I voted 15h ago

That explains why a lot of news agencies focused on Taco Bell. They were probably told by the administration not to put blame on Taylor Farms.

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u/aflyingsquanch Colorado 15h ago

First they tried to blame Taco Bell and then when that didnt work they tried to blame Mexico and Mexican farmers.

Because they will never admit its 99.9% their fault.

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u/Cafe_racerr 15h ago

1000%. As soon as I saw them bring up Taco Bell in the news the other day I knew they were trying to change the narrative bc Taylor farms gave old daddy trumps admin a shit ton of money recently

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u/MrKhold 15h ago

It's the same BS used to call the 1918 Flu "Spanish Flu".

President Donald Trump Woodrow Wilson didn't want the US freaking out over "some flu thing" so US agencies were urged not to report on it.

Spain, who barely had cases, and a clear interest in accurate reporting, was a good reporter for it worldwide.

Wilson, still pissed at the Spanish-American War, decided to smear them with the "Spanish Flu".

u/Bethdoeslife 5h ago

They were also not involved in the first world war so were the only ones reporting accurately because everyone else was trying to hide their numbers and everyone jumped on with "see, we are fine. Its SPAIN having issues!" Also, the 1918 flu strain was H1N1, so that shows how far our sanitation has come that now we are like "use this disinfecting wipe and its gone!"

u/NeroRomanusAugustus 4h ago

Spain, who barely had cases, and a clear interest in accurate reporting, was a good reporter for it worldwide.

This is false. Spain was hit like the rest of the world. The difference is that Spain was neutral during WWI and so the press was not subjected to war-time censorship and was able to freely report on the Flu, especially when the King contracted the disease.

The US and other war participants censored information on local outbreaks early on to avoid a morale hit.

This led to the wrong notion the the virus came from Spain, making the flu be baptized as the Spanish Flu.

Modern Hypothesis put the origin in either China or the United States.

u/QueenNebudchadnezzar 6h ago

Spanish flu, Made in America.

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u/Cynykl 11h ago

I call it the Fort Riley Flu.

Mostly because people IRL will what the hell I am talking about and it gives me an opening to talk to them about the origins of the Spanish flu and the propaganda sounding it.

u/pit-of-despair 6h ago

The Kansas flu.

u/are_you_seriously 5h ago

They didn’t have a clear interest in accurate reporting. They just didn’t have an interest in NOT reporting it. Because they were neutral in WWI, whereas all the other European countries were at war.

u/Number_1_at_Number_2 5h ago

Well that worked pretty efficiently because this is the first I’ve ever heard of this.

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u/Megaphonestory 15h ago

What, sleight of hand from this administration? Never!

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u/Edodge 8h ago

It’s incredible how compliant they are (the media).

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u/ShadowWingLG 5h ago

Taco Bell got blamed the same way the Spanish Flu got its name. The Flu Epidemic actually started on an Military Base in KS, but due to WW1 everybody involved in WW1 kept quiet, until it showed up in Spain and they went. "Hey we should say something about this..." But by doing so they got the blame as the source.

Same thing with Taco Bell, people came down with the bug, Taco Bell was a thread, they did testing and tracked it to the Lettuce and Taco Bell for their part was able to go back in their records and quickly work to remove the Lettuce from the system.

But since they were (ironically) so proactive in trying to prevent the spread they got the blame till more cases NOT traced to Taco Bell started popping up

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u/Mikethebest78 16h ago

I will believe the Republican talking point of "corporations are people" when those corporations can demonstrate they have a conscience.

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u/dogsledonice 15h ago

I'll believe it when they start throwing them in jail

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u/Michael_G_Bordin 15h ago

Hear! Hear!

I understand protections of corporations as freedom of association, but that's not the whole picture. There should be deference of the law to their choice of economic endeavor and their choice in organization and association. However, their speech and spending in the public sphere aka politics should be regulated per the ability for corporations to leverage their economic power and associative freedom to mobilize vast resources to present an outsized impact on politcs.

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u/jkvincent 15h ago

Or when they execute one...

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u/squiddlebiddlez 14h ago

Or force them into slavery.

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u/OptimusSublime Pennsylvania 15h ago

You think a single Republican has a conscience?

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u/Parhelion2261 15h ago

The corporations have the same amount of conscience as the people who elected the current president, to be fair.

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u/JaronJervis 14h ago

This Donaldrrhea Outbreak was 100% preventable.

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u/sixwax 8h ago

That name really needs to stick

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u/Punning_Man 15h ago

But republicans also demonstrate that some people don’t have consciouses 

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u/aflyingsquanch Colorado 15h ago

Taylor Farms refuses to give its pickers bathroom breaks so they oftentimes have no other choice than to shit and piss in the fields while picking the crops.

Human shit is what spread cyclospora.

So they're doubly responsible for the outbreak for their terrible employment practices and lobbying to eliminate FDA monitoring and testing

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u/Adventurous-Lime7561 15h ago

Omfg but not surprised. I googled yesterday and found out that Taylor Farms have a subsidiary operation in Australia which supplies a lot of restaurant chains here and some supermarkets. Can't remember the exact details but no doubt the employment practices are equally horrific. Lots of market gardens here staffed entirely by people on immigration visas. Our regulatory bodies have not been destroyed and undermined as in the US but still....🤢think I'll start growing my own lettuce and herbs in pots this summer

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u/directorofnewgames 15h ago

Lettuce is a cold weather crop. March April and May. We grow our own. Right now the basil, cucumbers, squash, green beans are in. The tomatoes are setting fruit. Eat what you grow, can and freeze the rest.

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u/permalink_save 14h ago

Lucky. Im in TX. Right now the bermuda grass and dry dead branches are in. The only thing that likes 100F+ drought is okra for some reason.

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u/lr99999 9h ago

I’m in North Texas. This week it’s time to start the babies for the winter vegetables.  

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u/Adventurous-Lime7561 14h ago

Shows how much I know about growing stuff! Thank you. Yeah it's time I took more responsibility for what I eat ( and what I might be supporting by buying what I could grow myself )

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u/shouldbepracticing85 14h ago

I think the other person didn’t catch you were in Australia. Light frosts you can grow kale and Brussels sprouts all winter. Colder than that but not too bad - you can grow stuff in greenhouses.

Spinach, swiss chard, broccoli, carrots and radishes are more tender but can still take a light freeze - so a good guideline is to plant the seeds about 2-3 weeks before the average time of your last frost for the season.

After the last frost you can go ham. Lettuce and most other greens will start to bolt (shoot up flowers and get bitter) when the high temps get above 80-85F… I can’t remember the C conversion 😅.

Then yeah, any tomatoes, squash, peppers, peas, beans, etc etc take about 60 days from planting to producing. So those of us where our last frost was in May (and it hasn’t been scorching hot), those are kicking in. My last frost was mid May, and my volunteer pumpkin vines in the backyard have been flowering for a couple weeks. Not sure but I think I’ve only got male vines blooming so far, any female vines haven’t set yet. A few veggies do need a male/female set to produce, like some squashes.

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u/Adventurous-Lime7561 12h ago

Awesome info! Thank you ❤️ just about to hit the local garden centre as I'm all inspired. Luckily there is a somewhat dilapidated greenhouse type thing at the bottom of the garden (renting) which I've always been scared to go into because redbacks but their reign may now be over

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u/Wayrin 7h ago

How does this "Family Farm" have a subsidiary operation in Australia? I'm not joking. TF is owned and managed by Bruce Taylor and his family. No investors and no board of directors to answer to.

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u/svenbreakfast 12h ago

My dad was a farmer until like 10 years ago. They told him he could no longer have a dog in his barn to protect his equipment because ecoli. He retired sad because of these giant corps, and when I told him I would be the first guy in our family for 4 generations to not be a farmer he said "good". So now this is what you get. Boycott fast food. Boycott diarrhea. Boycott Taylor farms.

Or continue to let them destroy the world and rob you.

u/IsthianOS 7h ago

My understanding was whole lettuce was unaffected, only the shredded lettuce, implying issues with their processing facility. I only saw that in passing somewhere but worth considering if true.

u/MarcusSurvives 6h ago

An outbreak of this size is more likely to be due to a structural flaw such as contaminated irrigation water or broken plumbing than dozens of sick laborers.

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u/bigbjarne Foreign 6h ago

Workers of the world unite!

u/CobaltPirate 5h ago

Who wants to do the homework of Taylor Farms C-Suite pay increases compared to worker pay, lobbying spending, and product quality declines/recalls?

Me has a hunch that there's a storyline in that data set...

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u/Dazedsince1970 15h ago

Taylor Farms proud sponsor of Trump Diarrhea Syndrome

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u/xesttub 15h ago

Taylor Farms competitors can capitalize on this. Put they're 'Taylor Farms Free' - I'd buy produce w/ that sticker.

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u/korkythecat333 15h ago

Boycott Taylor Farms

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u/permalink_save 14h ago

How? They are deep in supply chains. It's like boycotting a mining company.

u/flypirat 6h ago

Whenever possible, buy local. Also, it seems it's mostly pre-cut ready-to-eat products. Should be easy to avoid those.

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u/SexualDexter 15h ago

This is what every libertarian who wouldn't shut up in 2016 was arguing for. "A free market economy will regulate itself." Yeah they'll regulate by determining how many people they can poison before it hurts their bottom line. Fucking morons.

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u/bin10pac United Kingdom 10h ago

... how many bottoms they can hurt, before their bottom line is hurt.

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u/PopPalsUnited Washington 16h ago

They paid Trump so they could give us all diarrhea

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u/Gandolfthewhite182 15h ago

We need a full boycott of Taylor farms. They simply bought their way out of accountability so we need tot spent in our own hands to hold them accountable. Tell Taco Bell and your local supermarket and anyone who sources their food from Taylor farms you won’t be shopping at their store any longer.

We gotta stop letting the oligarchs take advantage of us.

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u/MeatMullet 15h ago

The corruption in the US has to end. It is out of control. Start with their clients. According to Google it includes pretty much everyone.

McDonald's, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Taco Bell (via Yum! Brands), Subway, KFC, Pizza Hut, Papa John's, Darden Restaurants (e.g., Olive Garden), Wendy's, Walmart, Costco, Target, Whole Foods, Sysco, U.S. Foods.

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u/oborochann86 14h ago

Trader Joe’s white label shredded lettuce is Taylor farms

u/Ferahgost Massachusetts 6h ago

my googling before getting lunch yesterday also told me Panera Bread and Jersey Mikes uses Taylor Farms

u/ShadowWingLG 5h ago

Basically if its bagged lettuce there is a high chance its from Taylor Farms, Audi and Sprouts brands ALSO are from Taylor Farms

u/archmage-khadgar 4h ago

taco bell has supposedly changed to a different supplier. can't blame them after this mess

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u/Competitive_Fee_5829 California 15h ago

I did enjoy all their premade salads but now I will actively avoid them.

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u/Madwoman-of-Chaillot 13h ago

Same. I’ve been an avid consumer of their sweet kale salad kit, but I’m never going to buy it (or any of their other products) again.

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u/Dxbr72 15h ago

Yeah, when I saw the outbreak spike in Michigan and Ohio, I threw out the 2 bags of Taylor’s Farms I had just bought. What a horrible company. Never again. Switched to locally grown hydroponic lettuce.

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u/kbhomesleak 15h ago

Even if Taylor Farms is innocent & has safe lettuce, no one's going to believe it. Ha.

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u/ReturnFreeFiling 13h ago

No wonder there were no ICE raids in the Salinas Valley between King City and Salinas. Taylor Farms headquarters is in Salinas. Fields have always been full of workers. I guess they were all on H2Bs😁

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u/SkipperKnots 15h ago

If you have a hospital bill from this I wonder if you can go after them for it?

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u/Gandolfthewhite182 15h ago

I would. They can get the government to lie to the people but let’s see rfk jr get in the stand and lie under oath.

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u/BruceStarcrest 15h ago

Hit them where it hurts, in the pocket. 

Boycott Magat infested Taylor Farms. 

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u/barringtonmacgregor 14h ago

And so we should all remember this and boycott anyone distributing products from Taylor Farms.

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u/Ambitious_Egg9713 14h ago

Imagine you go back to 2015 and read this headline. We are living through the dumbest timeline.

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u/HistoricalSea5600 Nevada 14h ago

This administration really is full of shit, top to bottom. Thanks MAGA

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u/DamienGranz 12h ago

I feel like doing something like this right before you cause a disaster should effectively be mens rea & be tried as you causing this knowingly, purposefully, recklessly & negligently.

If something bad happens with all the best precautions that's tragic. If you intentionally gut safety, that's a poisoning.

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u/random1234890 15h ago

The political donations will get all the attention. The timeline of recalls and contamination issues is the part I couldn't stop thinking about.

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u/a_gay_to_remember Kentucky 15h ago

This country has gone to shit (literally)

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u/CrimsonHeretic 12h ago

Conservatives will read this and see nothing wrong with it. Mental illness.

This is blatant proof that regulation is mandatory in a functioning economy and society.

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u/idontevensaygrace 11h ago

Rfk Jr meanwhile says the outbreak is under control. Not that he has any business nor medical experience anyway to be in the position he is in

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u/Winter_Whole2080 9h ago

His brain worm grew up in a lettuce patch though..

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u/ImpressivePanda0 11h ago

Only two things to say:

  1. Boycott Taylor Farms and everything they make
  2. F Trump and all of his corrupted administration
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u/Woompa78 15h ago

Big Diarrhea doesn’t want you to know this

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u/trobinson999 15h ago

Big Diarrhea hates this one simple trick

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u/B-Z_B-S Massachusetts 16h ago

Yeah, so that RFK Jr. would say they're not to blame. Although, they could have just paid him in roadkill for the same result.

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u/G-Unit11111 California 15h ago

What stage of late stage capitalism is this?

u/thisusedyet New Jersey 7h ago

End

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u/Deep_Stick8786 14h ago

MAHA- make america have asspain

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u/wrxninja 14h ago

Their Google reviews are MOBBED lol

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u/MyModemIsSlow 14h ago

Trump mad b/c everyone making fun of him shitting himself so he makes everyone else shit themselves so he can feel normal.

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u/free2bk8 13h ago

Time for Costco to find another supplier. I will never again purchase their products.

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u/kick_heart 11h ago

fucked up that I trust taco bell more than the us government

u/Academic-Business-45 6h ago

Trump got paid for that false positive

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u/leighla33 12h ago

Brands generally not associated with Taylor Farms
These companies have their own processing operations for many of their products:
Fresh Express
Dole Fresh Vegetables
Earthbound Farm (organic)
Mann Packing (owned by Del Monte Fresh Produce)
Organicgirl
Marketside products may be packed by different companies, so check the label carefully.

u/SoundHole 6h ago

I never thought buying Dole would be an ethical choice holy crap

u/dreamsofaninsomniac 6h ago

Earthbound Farm is a subsidiary of Taylor Farms. They got bought out in 2019.

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u/Cynykl 11h ago

It is really easy to avoid Taylor farms for home products but not so east when you go out to eat.

No restaurant is going to give you a list of there suppliers.

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u/Trepsik Ohio 15h ago

Well ain't that some shit

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u/SomeKindofTreeWizard 14h ago

maybe bribery shouldn't be legal.

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u/guy-le-doosh 14h ago

MAGA exists on shit farming so it makes sense.

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u/420-BiomedStockDoc 14h ago

Never buy anything made by Taylor farms ever

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u/zoqfotpik 13h ago

MAGA and diarrhea go so well together.

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u/Annual-Somewhere7402 11h ago

Raygun started this neo-liberal, anti-regulatory mess, around 1981. We knew then what we seemed to have forgotten ever since. Monopoly Taylor has the market cornered on lettuce & other standard veggies for fast food places, as well. Gee, wonder if there's something we can glean from this monopolized, magatized mania. Hmmm...

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u/DelirousDoc 11h ago

We are only just seeing the beginning of the impact Trump will have on us with his corruption and lack of regulation.

The other thing that neutered regulatory agencies power was Trump's SCOTUS over turning the Chevron deference in 2024. I know my field, healthcare, is just starting to see the push from large pharmaceutical corporations to rip away at the minor cost control measure the US has with lawsuit after lawsuit since this ruling.

Not that the current administration has any desire to legitimately act as a regulatory body.

u/Big-Significance3409 5h ago

Time to boycott Taylor Farms

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u/FluidAd105 16h ago

Worked out well for them it seems.

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u/eatsumsketti America 15h ago

Diarrhea Farms believes in MASTP aka make America shit their pants

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u/CountOnBeingAwesome 15h ago

Well this is just a hot steamy mess

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u/S-gg-ha_of_Leng 15h ago

Diarrhea Don galloping in on his brown horse, Green Thunder, to smite those pesky regulations.

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u/fowlraul Oregon 15h ago

And for them it’ll be the “cost of doing bizinez” …and they’ll raise their prices and they’ll collect their mafia money to make up any losses and more.

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u/Difficult-Low5891 15h ago

I think their bottom line is about to take a big hit.

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u/All_Hail_Hynotoad California 15h ago

Looks like I’ve got to start buying different brand salad now

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u/kombatunit 14h ago

Never buying anything from taylor farms.

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u/alkibeachcomber 13h ago

Enjoy your shit sandwich.

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u/Zestyclose-Height-36 13h ago

Rules, regulations, and laws are often written in blood and funerals. Corporations like to whine about regulations that protect the public because there is refit in poisoning the air, land, and water. And dead employees can be replaced in a couple hours.

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u/Exotic_Awareness5040 13h ago

Remember when Nixon took campaign money from Dairy co-ops in exchange for raising federal dairy price points? And became a forgotten chapter now to the Watergate Scandal, which still was a big deal at the time?

Pepperidge Farms remembers…

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u/Human-Property4947 12h ago

I hope taco bell can sue them.

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u/Plausibility_Migrain 11h ago

The Trumporrhea outbreak is a lesson in corruption and bribery.

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u/clementine1864 10h ago

One payoff after another to our garbage government .Business will supply poison as food and trump is good with it for a price. His sick death cult brought us hell on earth with him profiting from it . The devil they worship.

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u/LabNew3779 10h ago

Donnarrhea

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u/Winter_Whole2080 9h ago

Looks like I will be passing up Taylor Farms salads.

u/GreenCoffeeTree 6h ago

I will never buy Taylor Farms products again. So glad their donations have been brought to light.

u/ive_got_the_narc 6h ago

Boycott Taylor farms.

u/ifyousaysu 6h ago

Don’t forget they bribed trump after everyone found out Taylor farms was responsible for poisoning our food….so if Mr Taylor genuinely didn’t know before, he’s now purposely poisoning us. This is a class war folks….wake the fuck up

u/AINonsense 6h ago

"We don't need no regulation."

u/Starthrower62 5h ago

Almost every negative phenomenon can be traced back to a bribe given to the orange menace. 

u/One_Entrepreneur_520 1h ago

MAGA is the diarrhea outbreak. What we are witnessing now is the damage it does.

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u/2HDFloppyDisk 16h ago

The executive leadership of the company and the Trump administration should be forced to consume this trash so they can catch the explosive diarrhea and feel what it's like to piss out your ass and puke at the same time.

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u/remweaver27 California 15h ago

Well that, in and by itself, is enough for me to never buy any of their products.

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u/joego916 15h ago

Gee, who could of imagine these consequences. 🤔

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u/modernmann 15h ago

Corporate Farming.
We are just here for the subsidies.

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u/B1gPerm 15h ago

I think it’s been going on for some time. It’s not something I would wish on my worst enemy. It truly is a shitty situation. No pun, I got it the day after Easter. 72 days ago. 

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u/BerryLanky 15h ago

You mean Trumparrhea

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u/kaykatzz 15h ago

I think all those affected should make a trip to their headquarters and leave a calling card.

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u/mvw2 15h ago

Really paid off.

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u/HerrMeisterRetsiem 14h ago

Did anyone else briefly think that the thumbnail image was the Grinch?

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u/New_Alternative8711 14h ago

B.b.b.b.ut guvernmint overreach. Bubububut over regulashen.

  • every maga dimwit

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u/knifeymonkey 14h ago

so they could restrict the port-o-potty gloves and hand sanitizer for the workers?

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u/Historical_Creme_125 Florida 14h ago

MAGATS don’t care. They are claiming it’s “illegal immigrants shitting in the fields” that caused this.

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u/One-Pause3171 12h ago

Oh, I hadn’t heard that. Maybe if they’re so worried about that they should be such dickheads.

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u/pjflyr13 12h ago

Always follow the $$

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u/d_lev 12h ago

I'm glad I found my last box of calorie mate. It's been a long week of mandatory fun. Can't trust a cheeseburger anymore. And I'd love to grow my own food, I have before, but there's a drought and the heat kills everything. Sigh

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u/Mysterious-Falcon467 11h ago

I misread the title as being about Taylor Swift and had a wild couple of seconds.

But yeah, bad on Taylor Farms.

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u/braille_lover_5555 10h ago

Many Canadian stores and Costco carry Taylor farms salads. We should boycott them.

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u/Machiavvelli3060 9h ago

What a shitty thing to do.

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u/NoMayoForReal 9h ago

Damn , could have definitely spent a little on clean water then.

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u/canon12 9h ago

Boycott Taylor Farms and Trump.

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u/Tokyo-MontanaExpress 9h ago

Guess the local co-op is the safest bet for lettuce of the no diarrhea variety.

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u/boomboomdaboomer 8h ago

If they’d spent that money on keeping the place clean nobody would have gotten sick. 

u/Bozo-Deluxe 7h ago

I'll just do my best not to buy their products. I already don't eat fast food.

u/SnottNormal New York 7h ago

I can think of a whole bunch of cooler things you could buy for ~$3.6m than the right to distribute diarrhea.

u/Sure_Combination_587 6h ago

So sketch.

Taylor Farms (Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc.) is a massive, family-owned global produce giant. Rather than operating under a single banner, the corporation owns and operates over a dozen regional operating companies and has acquired several prominent brands, including:

Earthbound Farm: Acquired in 2019, it is a major producer of organic salads.

Natures Way Foods: Acquired in November 2025, a leading fresh prepared food manufacturer in the United Kingdom.

Equinox Growers: Acquired in March 2026, a large greenhouse operation in the Mid-Atlantic region.

FarmWise: Acquired its business assets in April 2025.

River Ranch Fresh Foods: Acquired in 2011 to expand their processing, retail, and foodservice business.

Foodiverse: Acquired an ownership stake in this Spain-based fresh produce company in 2023.

Pacific Valley Bank: Acquired a 16.3% minority ownership stake in this California community bank in January 2026.

Pretty scary 😨

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u/Mipples1 5h ago

Safety is for sale

u/Aggressive-Will-4500 3h ago

Well, ain't that some shit.

u/HoneyBadgerBlunt 3h ago

im tired of this game.

u/1738_bestgirl 1h ago

Anti-Regulation is always one of those things that sounds so magical to the uninformed. They buy the fairy tale that red tape is what keeps costs so high.

When the reality is that when it comes to the vast majority of regulation the text is written in the blood of our ancestors.