Follow the Money to Not Trace the Food

Anybody as not surprised as I am?

Taylor Farms had made a $1 million donation to the Trump-aligned super PAC MAGA Inc on March 26, 2025. That’s just six days after the FDA announced it was pushing back the implementation of its “Food Traceability Rule” by 30 months.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/taylor-farms-made-huge-donation-192241647.html

Lettuce Correct Ourselves

Under Trump, the FDA seems to be as incompetent as the CDC.

Federal health officials are continuing to test food items for cyclospora after discovering a sample of iceberg lettuce was a false positive match for the parasite that has caused thousands of people nationwide to fall sick.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/latest-on-cyclosporiasis-outbreak-as-taylor-farms-iceberg-lettuce-recalled/ar-AA28i0os

Taco Friday

A follow-up to yesterday’s post about the breakout of Cyclospora illnesses. It seems that Taco Bell was, in fact, a primary source of infection, albeit not at all their fault.

The blame apparently is with an outfit called Taylor Farms. With such a strong, verifiable link, it shouldn’t have taken so long to figure this out.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/health/cyclospora-outbreak-shredded-lettuce