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Hundreds of pounds washed in bulk, run through shredders, and generally very well mixed together.

One contaminated head of lettuce can have it's viruses, bacteria, or parasites mixed onto hundreds of bags of prepped salad.

If the problem is at the processing plant, faulty water jets that recycle water is another path to contaminate huge amounts of raw produce.

The Hazard Control Points a very well known to infectious disease investigators, Once they get a handle on the facility with the problem it will quickly be resolved.

The answer seems to be beginning to emerge. The problem is going to be the Trump administration's pro-business orientation. They won't want the facility involved to be named. They won't want the brand labels under which it was packaged named. They treat that like it's HIPPA data, no one gets to know but the facility and the gov't. That desire not to give a black eye to a business goes back at least to the Clinton administration when I was working food and waterborne illnesses for the state of WI.

Typically in foodborne epidemics, the final press release on the sources of contamination comes on late Friday afternoon, about 5:30 Eastern.. too late to make the early evening news it gives the industry pretty much an entire weekend to gin up stories about their innocence.

resulting from the commerce in certain foodstuffs would be viewed as "pro-business".

I would have thought that public trust in the safety of the food supply would be more friendly to business.

Why on earth would Trump cut funding for something so important....especially for young children and the elderly?

To fund his "beautifying" projects and installations of gigantic banners of his likeness on government buildings.....
That's why.

Wouldn't it be nice if Republicans cared about any of this?

Especially romaine?

Animals and people shit and piss on them.

Are they included in the danger list?

I’m not that invested either way. Hope your day gets better though.

I did a search on Cyclospora food contaminated list.

The food items that I found listed besides salad greens including spinach and mesclun are basil, parsley, cilantro, snow peas, raspberries, green onions, blackberries, watercress, and mango. Most likely I missed mentioning a few.

The good people on DU are certainly allowed to consume what they want and how they want. For myself, I'm only consuming vegetables that can be cooked or baked. The articles that I've been reading are saying that any foods cooked or baked at 185 F internal temperature should be safe to eat.

I'm not risking consuming raw vegetable and salads currently as I had food poisoning for the first time ever in early of 2024 and I thought I was dying. Having explosive diarrhea and abdominal cramps for weeks just doesn't sound like a great time to me.

...and peanuts are shelled.

If the surface of the food is where the parasite lives, removing the surface would significantly reduce the risk.

good thing I don't mind frozen vegetables and fruits.