Taylor Farms said on Sunday it was recalling prepared food items containing jalapenos from retailers, including Walmart, Kroger and Whole Foods in some states.
*The FDA is no longer monitoring compliance with laws anymore and giant corporations are free to cut as many corners as capitalist monopolies and duopolies will allow, this will happen.
“whatabout” all you want, the FDA has been gutted in a way that no other administration in history can come close to matching. They are simply no longer watching. Food companies haven’t been this free to do what they want to our food since Upton Sinclair caused everyone to pay attention in the first place.
bad few months for these guys
it happens when you put profits over consumer safety.
@badmancrooks@lemmy.ca you missed another one.
They produce millions of pounds of vegetables a year, this will happen.
*The FDA is no longer monitoring compliance with laws anymore and giant corporations are free to cut as many corners as capitalist monopolies and duopolies will allow, this will happen.
This happened under Biden with E.coli in onions. Taylor farms because they produce $7.5B in onions just in Colorado.
https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-e-coli-o157h7-onions-october-2024
Blame big agriculture? We don’t even check small farms for contamination.
“whatabout” all you want, the FDA has been gutted in a way that no other administration in history can come close to matching. They are simply no longer watching. Food companies haven’t been this free to do what they want to our food since Upton Sinclair caused everyone to pay attention in the first place.