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2028 MA QB Christopher Vargas (Verbal Offer)
- By RB07OSU
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From the beat of nanner feet on the treadmill to the ears of the recruiting gods...
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Favorite Taco Bell Food Item
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Cyclosporiasis outbreak possibly traced to lettuce from Mexico used by Taco Bell, source says
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell is being investigated as a possible source for a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people.www.cbsnews.com
Cyclosporiasis outbreak possibly traced to lettuce from Mexico used by Taco Bell, source says
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell is being investigated as a possible source for a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, a source familiar with the investigation told CBS News on Thursday.
The source said a traceback investigation by the Food and Drug Administration identified a single supplier of iceberg lettuce from Mexico, Taylor Farms, that was used by Taco Bell locations in five states where people who contracted cyclosporiasis ate. The FDA is investigating, the source said.
Taylor Farms, based in Salinas, California, is a supplier to several major restaurant chains across the U.S.
"Based on ongoing conversations with public health officials, and out of an abundance of caution, Taco Bell has taken immediate action to voluntarily remove potentially impacted lettuce from a supplier in select states," Taco Bell said in a statement Thursday. "The affected ingredient from our supplier is being indefinitely removed from our supply chain nationwide and will be replaced within 24 hours in select states."
CBS News has reached out to Taylor Farms for comment as well.
The outbreak, a diarrheal illness caused by the parasite cyclospora, was first reported in early May and has since spread to 34 states, according to the latest numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It has sickened at least 1,645 people, per CDC data, including at least 141 hospitalizations. But the CDC's tally lags behind state health departments, which have reported much larger numbers of cases. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported Thursday at least 4,312 confirmed cases, including 102 that required hospitalization.
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Re: Taylor Farms, based in Salinas, California, is a supplier to several major restaurant chains across the U.S.
Just sayin': That company has all kinds of problems...
Taylor Farms says ex-president committed $32M fraud, including UC Berkeley gift
Just a month before Taylor Fresh Foods began grappling with a sweeping multi-state lettuce recall, the Salinas-based company filed a civil lawsuit against one of its former presidents and his wife, accusing the couple of a years long, $32 million embezzlement operation..
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Taylor Fresh Foods is seeking damages of at least $32 million, according to the lawsuit.
The allegations came just a month before an outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasitic infection linked to Taylor Farms’ iceberg lettuce caused a massive recall in at least 27 states.
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