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I don't understand the mechanics of how an outbreak like this even happens. It spreads by contact with contaminated feces. So if a few cases happen at a restaur
by somenameforme 3mo ago
I don't understand the mechanics of how an outbreak like this even happens. It spreads by contact with contaminated feces. So if a few cases happen at a restaurant that's nasty and easy to understand. But how do you get tens of thousands of cases on a national level? Were they cleaning the produce before shipping it off with poop contaminated water or what?
- ButlerianJihad 3mo agoIt has long been asserted that processed produce is the riskiest way to purchase it. In this particular case, Taco Bell was receiving lettuce that was pre-shredded at a facility. When a consumer or food service kitchen receives pre-processed produce, it's not recommended to wash it again, for reasons. So, the lettuce was last washed before being shredded. Then it was shredded in machines or by hand or something. It may have been misted, I guess, like you see in some grocery stores, but the point is that there was ample opportunity for contamination by equipment, vessels, or utensils, in the processing facility, during or after washing the whole lettuce.
- morkalork 3mo agoWatering fields with grey water and whoopsie
- mikestew 3mo agoGray water doesn’t have poop in it, and I’d be shocked if it were legal to dump black water (raw sewage) on fields.
- morkalork 3mo agoThe whoopsie is implying that what was on paper and legal, grey water being used, is not what actually occurred. Of course one will ask for proof of such mistakes or corruption and to which all I can give are thousands of people infected with parasites.
- mikestew 3mo agoThe whoopsie is implying that what was on paper and legal… Where in the U. S. is it legal to irrigate crops with gray water? Nowhere I’m aware of, except a few places where subsurface drip irrigation is allowed.
- ButlerianJihad 3mo agoI don't know about legality, but the current rumors say that this produce originated in the United States of Mexico, where Taylor Farms has a large presence. Additional anecdotes indicate that in any given field, the workers work, and nature calls, and workers return to work without having walked very far. I purchased some salad kits this week, and all salad kits in the grocery store were labeled "SALINAS" (Yes, I ate one and I feel great!)
- morkalork 3mo agoAre you suggesting USA only use potable water for irrigation? Maybe I use the wrong word but most water used is ground or surface water with whatever in it is in it,even if downstream from farms with runoff?