Looking at this logically, and without the lens of past ineptitude, or the fact the CDC was badly co-opted by the Usurper way back when:
If ALL Romaine is considered bad:
1. Could be there is no adequate way to trace it specifically, so it all has to go.
2. It was weaponized somehow, a vector for something dangerous.
Either way, whatever it is tainted with is bad enough that the CDC isn’t trying to cushion it for the growers, the good ones or the suspect ones.
I’ve never seen a food recall like this since the Tylenol scare. Tylenol handled that brilliantly, by the way.
“I’ve never seen a food recall like this since the Tylenol scare. “
This is even more broad than the Tylenol recall. The CEDC did not recall ALL acetaminophen.
In this case they are issuing an emergency “destroy now” alert for ALL Romaine. Now.
I’ve not witnessed this before.
Funny thing is I mainly buy my Romanine from a local supplier (greenhouse). They are also covered.
Something else is up. I love Romaine, but for a broad ban like this something is very odd.
Produce recalls usually hurt all the growers regardless of who caused it. Consumers generally will not buy the commodity. Most stores will have pulled all of this off the shelf too. Most of the product in the supply chain will be destroyed. Nobody wants to inherit the liability.
With produce, the shelf life is extremely limited. You can not put it to the side and wait for the results.