Amazon-owned Whole Foods has joined the list of grocers that are recalling select jalapeño products amid an ongoing Salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds and hospitalized dozens.
According to the CDC, that outbreak has now sickened at least 345 people as of August 10. Worse, 36 of those individuals have required hospitalization.
I just skip any produce that has “Produced in USA” on the sign. I mean, I was already doing that, though now I might also avoid touching it and skip produce that is right next to anything with “Produced in USA”.
The lettuce and this (jalapeño) outbreak were both from farms in Mexico, I believe
Oh so is it getting to more people now because the cuts stopped it from being intercepted as it entered the US market (as in these Mexican farms had outbreaks at this same rate but they would be detected and stopped), or did the cuts affect how the farms in Maxico were run and frequency of events that need to be detected (but aren’t) also increased?
Not an expert, but I found this article (stupid video in corner warning): https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-farms-mexico-fda-inspection-cyclosporiasis-outbreak/
Looks like the FDA does inspections of foreign facilities, so there should have been a US inspection in Mexico at the farm/plant. However, the FDA is underfunded for its targets and has been for years, and then the cuts made a bad situation worse by firing people.