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Feces explosion in Mexican cilantro fields sparks partial import ban
national.suntimes.com ^ | Posted: 07/27/2015, 12:35pm | By Chad Merda

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.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Mexico; US: California
KEYWORDS: actoflove; cilantro; food; foodcontamination; mexicanfood; tacobell
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To: Red Badger

Perhaps most of the domestic market for Mexican grown cilantro are the illegal immigrants themselves. If the stuff does in fact taste like soap, then that is the closest most of them get to soap.


141 posted on 07/27/2015 3:50:15 PM PDT by Saltmeat
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To: Red Badger

About time. When you drive by the strawberry fields near Pendleton, you see a line of guys picking out in the field. And there is ONE port-a-pot wayyy off in a corner. You bet the guys hike over there!

Yet when there is an e coli outbreak, it’s NEVER because of sanitation in the fields.


142 posted on 07/27/2015 3:53:35 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Red Badger

My first time ever reading the headline with the phrase “feces explosion”. Good name for a garage band.


143 posted on 07/27/2015 3:56:54 PM PDT by isom35
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To: Bigg Red

” I will not buy any seafood at the grocery store unless it is USA and wild caught.”

I get most of my fish from my local Asian market. Tons of wild caught fish. And the live Tilapia comes from Erie Pa. Good stuff!


144 posted on 07/27/2015 3:59:03 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: Boogieman

Are you talking about the feces? lol


145 posted on 07/27/2015 3:59:37 PM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS,)
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To: Jamestown1630

” It just seems to complement other flavors in Mexican food very well.”

Specially the Bowel Burgers Au Jus!


146 posted on 07/27/2015 4:00:11 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: Secret Agent Man
"¡Thees ees rehceest!"
147 posted on 07/27/2015 4:01:29 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Cancer-free since 1988! US out of UN! UN out of US!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Hey, they’re only sheeting on the food that Americans refuse to sheet on!


148 posted on 07/27/2015 4:05:14 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Jamestown1630

Yeah, I am the same, I taste no lemon in cilantro, and I can see the “soap” comparison, but I don’t mind the flavor unless people use too much of it.


149 posted on 07/27/2015 4:06:41 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Red Badger

Wow, looks like Mexico is not sending us their best cilantro either. Paging The Donald.


150 posted on 07/27/2015 4:10:22 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: fruser1

Yep, bet you the same with imported food from
china and south
america..


151 posted on 07/27/2015 4:12:06 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: Red Badger

Glad I grow my own. Soapy taste is based on genetics. Either cilantro = soapy, or it doesn’t. Personally, I love it


152 posted on 07/27/2015 4:34:56 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
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To: KosmicKitty
Soapy taste is based on genetics.

Over the years I got to be quite a connoisseur of soap. My personal preference was for Lux, but I found Palmolive had a nice, piquant after-dinner flavor - heady, but with just a touch of mellow smoothness. Life Buoy, on the other hand...YECCHH!


153 posted on 07/27/2015 4:36:59 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Red Badger
There ya go. I hate the taste of cilantro, too. Maybe this explains why.


154 posted on 07/27/2015 4:43:01 PM PDT by Viking2002 (The Avatar is back by popular request.)
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To: martin_fierro
Feces explosion in Mexican cilantro fields sparks partial import ban

Feces explosion? I want a bottle of whatever salsa they're using.

155 posted on 07/27/2015 4:55:12 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Red Badger

http://www.kcbd.com/story/29643400/cilantro-from-mexico-suspected-in-intestinal-parasite-outbreak

What a coincidence that this article runs at the same time!


156 posted on 07/27/2015 4:56:23 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Fiddlstix

So everyone that doesnt like the taste of cilantro is genetically inferior to those of us who do?


157 posted on 07/27/2015 5:06:43 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

...live Tilapia comes from Erie Pa

***
Farmed?


158 posted on 07/27/2015 5:40:14 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: dfwgator

LOL One of my favorite movies !!


159 posted on 07/27/2015 5:43:19 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
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To: Delta 21
So everyone that doesnt like the taste of cilantro is genetically inferior to those of us who do?

I do not recall anyone saying any such thing!
ALL I did was make a post from Wikipedia and I indicated it was from Wiki.
To Help You understand better let repost the first sentence and try to make it easier to read:

Different    people    may    perceive    the    taste    of    coriander  
leaves differently. Those who enjoy it
say it has a refreshing, lemony or lime-like
flavor, while those who dislike it have a
strong aversion to its taste and smell,
likening it to that of soap and bugs

I do not see anything in that post indicating any genetic inferioity. do you?
Read it very slow so you will be able to understand.

I hope this post is a help with your reading comprehension.
I hope I have been of help to you.
Thank you for your attention.

BTW. Just for your information I live in South Texas on the family ranch.
I grew up eating cilantro. I like it.

160 posted on 07/27/2015 6:00:36 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own <blockqurisk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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