Posted on 07/27/2015 1:15:19 PM PDT by Red Badger
There’s more than just cilantro in the growing fields in Mexico, and that’s caused the Food and Drug Administration to institute a partial import ban on it through August.
The move comes after health officials found human feces and toilet paper in growing fields, which have been linked to hundreds of intestinal illnesses dating back to 2012.
The FDA will focus on product coming from Puebla, and all of it will need to be manually inspected and certified before being allowed into the U.S. Cilantro from other parts of the country will need to have documentation proving it did not come from Puebla.
In the report, the FDA outlines a number of different sources for the contamination after 11 farms and packing houses were inspected by both U.S. and Mexican officials.
Conditions observed at multiple such firms in the state of Puebla included human feces and toilet paper found in growing fields and around facilities; inadequately maintained and supplied toilet and hand washing facilities (no soap, no toilet paper, no running water, no paper towels) or a complete lack of toilet and hand washing facilities; food-contact surfaces (such as plastic crates used to transport cilantro or tables where cilantro was cut and bundled) visibly dirty and not washed; and water used for purposes such as washing cilantro vulnerable to contamination from sewage/septic systems.
Both Yum! Brands, which owns Taco Bell, and Chipotle told Bloomberg they don’t expect their cilantro supply to be impacted by the ban.
Maybe the feces will cancel out the soapy taste.
Not this cilantro.
Is it not long past time to declare war with Mexico?
Just what good, exactly, does that collection of clowns do that is good for us?
No $#!%.
Hey, you’re out in a field, nearest porta potty a mile away, you gotta go, no one looking.....
Well, I guess not since their stuff tastes like sh!t anyways...................
Run for the border!.................
We don’t want to go to war with Mexico. They have a secret weapon, explosive cilantro.
. . . and I originally thought, “what a poorly written headline”.
I don’t even know what cilantro is.
This is why we still need “country of origin” labels.
I love cilantro. But not with poo poo on it.
Holy shhhhh......
LOL, sadly, no, it was quite correct....................
What is that junk? Celery tops?
Totally agree.
The gal next door to me planted some a few years ago... it went to seed, and she practically has to break out the flame thrower to keep it under control now!
You know, I don’t get the whole cilantro craze either.
Why buy any greens from filthy countries when you can grow your own in pots on the patio or balcony with very little trouble or expense? Fresh produce with no Mexican feces on it...priceless!
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