Thread: Rapid help needed on Mexican food poisoning outbreak...

I notice this AP article FAILED to share the different product names this produce is being sold under, can someone get that info for us here fast??


Salad mix production halted after stomach bug

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A Mexico processing facility voluntarily suspended production of salad mix that's been linked to the outbreak of a stomach bug in Iowa and Nebraska, a California company announced Monday.
Salinas, Calif.-based Taylor Farms said its Mexican branch, Taylor Farms de Mexico, will not resume production and shipping of any salad mix as well as lettuce and other salad mix components without approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Production stopped Friday and has been shifted to domestic crops and processing facilities in the United States.
Company officials said the suspension, which is expected to last several weeks, allows Taylor Farms de Mexico to assist federal authorities in their investigation into the cyclosporiasis outbreak, a stomach illness that has sickened more than 500 people in 18 states.
Cyclospora is caused by parasites that are spread when people ingest food or water contaminated with feces. People who are exposed usually become sick after about a week and have diarrhea and other flu-like symptoms that can last from a few days to several months if untreated with antibiotics.
The outbreak in Iowa and Nebraska has been linked to salad mix served at local Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants that were supplied by the plant in Mexico. The cases have not been linked to the other states.
Taylor Farms has said its Mexico facility has an extensive water testing program.
"We continue to be very confident in our Mexico operation throughout our own review of our existing, and recently further enhanced, food safety procedures, systems and critical control points," the company said in a statement posted on its website.
The production halt goes beyond the implicated salad mix and includes products such as iceberg lettuce, romaine lettuce, green leaf lettuce, red cabbage, green cabbage and carrots.
"The action of Taylor Farms de Mexico exemplifies the company's cooperation with federal and state officials throughout this ongoing, complicated investigation," the FDA said in a statement on its website.
Processing facilities in California, Colorado, Texas, Tennessee, Florida, and Maryland will take over the salad mix production. Broccoli products that are not being investigated will continue to be produced at the Mexico facility, which is about 180 miles north of Mexico City in San Miguel de Allende

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...08-12-17-59-01

The only thing I can finds is: anything produced at Taylor Farms de Mexico.
I don't find a list of any brand names anywhere.

May be that they are store brands at various stores?

. . . The most recent known illness in the two states linked to the infected salad was in Nebraska a month ago. The typical shelf life for a salad mix is up to 14 days.
There have been more recent illnesses in other states. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most recent illness was July 23 but centers did not specify a location.

The agency said its investigation has not implicated any packaged salad sold in grocery stores . . .

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/08/03/fda-links-stomach-bug-in-2-states-to-mexican-farm/

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I am looking for a customer list. Taylor Farms is a California company and according to this article it is not just lettuce.
Taylor Farms salad mix contamination case: Salinas plant will try to take up the slack with closure of Mexican facility

Salinas plant may boost work to make up for loss
The Monterey County Herald
Associated PressPOSTED: 08/12/2013 06:32:19 PM PDT | UPDATED: ABOUT 6 HOURS AGO

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Mexico processing facility voluntarily suspended production of salad mix that's been linked to the outbreak of a stomach bug in Iowa and Nebraska, Taylor Farms announced Monday.

The Salinas plant will increase production by roughly 15 percent above normal to make up the loss from the Mexico facility, spokeswoman Lauren Hattersley said Monday night.

The plant may increase its work days to seven days a week instead of its normal six, she said.

The company said its Mexican branch, Taylor Farms de Mexico, will not resume production and shipping of any salad mix as well as lettuce and other salad mix components without approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Company officials said the suspension, which is expected to last several weeks, allows Taylor Farms de Mexico to assist federal authorities in their investigation into the cyclosporiasis outbreak, a stomach illness that has sickened more than 500 people in 18 states.

Cyclospora is caused by parasites that are spread when people ingest food or water contaminated with feces. People who are exposed usually become sick after about a week and have diarrhea and other flu-like symptoms that can last from a few days to several months if untreated with antibiotics.

The outbreak in Iowa and Nebraska has been linked to salad mix served at local Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants that were supplied by the plant in Mexico. The cases have not been linked to the other states.

Taylor Farms has said its Mexico facility has an extensive water testing program.

"We continue to be very confident in our Mexico operation throughout our own review of our existing, and recently further enhanced, food safety procedures, systems and critical control points," the company said in a statement posted on its website.

The production halt goes beyond the implicated salad mix and includes products such as iceberg lettuce, romaine lettuce, green leaf lettuce, red cabbage, green cabbage and carrots.

"The action of Taylor Farms de Mexico exemplifies the company's cooperation with federal and state officials throughout this ongoing, complicated investigation," the FDA said in a statement on its website.

Processing facilities in California, Colorado, Texas, Tennessee, Florida, and Maryland will take over the salad mix production. Broccoli products that are not being investigated will continue to be produced at the Mexico facility, which is about 180 miles north of Mexico City in San Miguel de Allende.

Herald Staff Writer Phillip Molnar contributed to this article.

http://www.montereyherald.com/busine...ant?source=rss

This is an interesting tidbit. Taylor Farms salads were responsible for the salmonella outbreak in 2011

Lubbock Wal-Mart affected by bagged salad recall

Posted: Oct 20, 2011 11:39 AM CDTUpdated: Oct 20, 2011 12:22 PM CDT

SALINAS, CA (AP) -A Lubbock Wal-Mart store has removed a variety of bagged salad from its shelves after a recall from Taylor Farms.

All the products have been removed and the product codes have been blocked at the register so they can not be sold.

Wal Mart is the only chain in Lubbock that sells these products.

Taylor Farms Retail Inc. is voluntarily recalling 3,265 cases of various bagged salad blends that have the potential to be contaminated with salmonella.

The Salinas, Calif., company said Wednesday that its action comes after the Washington state Agriculture Department conducted a random test on a finished package of spinach.

No illnesses have been reported.

The bagged salad products include those with "best by" dates ranging from Oct. 18 to 21. They were marketed under the brand names Fresh Selections, HEB, Marketside and Taylor Farms.

The items were distributed in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Puerto Rico and sold in various retail supermarkets.

Consumers can call 1-877-323-7374 for more information.

http://www.kcbd.com/story/15741054/l...type=printable

Also:Taylor Farms recalls bagged salads

http://www.thepacker.com/fruit-veget...132234213.html

Mexico products from the website - looks like it all commercial food service.
http://www.taylorfarmsfoodservice.com/index.php/products/mexico/C73

Retail packaging.




http://www.taylorfarms.com/index.php...-chopped-salad

Why all these disEASEs? Are they blowin' their noses on this stuff? Wiping their behinds with it?

So this is basically Mexican feces in American food supplies?

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