ScienceFaire – Mexican Vegetable Recalls

It’s true. Mexicans poop in the fields, package the co-mingled vegies and unmentionables, then ship them off to the good ol’ USA. Where we eat them.  Yum.  From CNN, FDA bans some cilantro from Mexico, cites human feces in fields.

(CNN)The Food and Drug Administration has issued a ban on some cilantro imported from Mexico after an investigation to determine the cause of hundreds of ScienceFaire_DiHydrogenMonoxide_Fruit_Washreported intestinal illnesses in the United States dating back to 2012.

Since that year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with state public health officials, have identified hundreds of outbreaks of cyclosporiasis in the United States associated with fresh cilantro from the state of Puebla, Mexico, the FDA said Monday.

Effing, YUK!

From 2012 to 2015, 11 farms and packing houses that produce cilantro in the state of Puebla have been inspected by the FDA and Mexican regulators. Five of them have been directly linked to the parasite, and eight had “objectionable conditions,” ScienceFaire_H20_DHMO_05the FDA said.

Investigators found human feces and toilet paper in and around growing fields, and restrooms without running water, soap and toilet paper. Plastic crates and tables used to sort and transport cilantro were unwashed. One farm’s holding tank used to provide water to employees to wash their hands at the bathrooms tested positive for Cyclospora cayetanensis.

 

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