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.
Jeb! would call this an act of love.
I dislike fresh cilantro but when it is dried, I like it! Figure that one out.
UGH!!! I hate the stuff too! Same here - tastes like dishsoap with a metallic edge!
www.ihatecilantrocom
Oh yuck.
LOL !!! No comment needed !!! LOL !!!
The plant is called Cilantro, used for its leaves. It’s seeds are called coriander and have a much stronger flavor.
There are a couple of hundred acres of farm fields planted in tomatoes adjoining the property here. The porta johns are located at one end.
Should a picker (all from south of the border) have the squirts or a sudden urge there’s no way they’re gonna run 1/2 mile or more to drop one.
“No different than the seafood from China that is grown in their sewage.
I don’t eat seafood from China or Thailand. I’d rather eat mercury from the GOM than crap from China! “
They’re one to you. Asian catfish used to be called Basa. When that got a bad name they changed it to Swai.
Heard this exchanged a while back in the grocery, “Oh look honey I’ve never heard of Swai before, lets ask the butcher. ‘I don’t know what it is or where it comes from but we sell a lot of it’ OK, honey, lets try it, it’s the cheapest price in the whole case”.
HA! A baby fell out of the window, it looked like it’s head would be split, but luck was with baby for he fell in a big pile of.....
I was in a high dollar spice shop a couple of years ago looking for Hungarian garlic. There were several garlic choices and I asked the clerk their origin.
She replied China.
I walked out the door.
“Farmed?”
Yes, but regulated but the Agricultural Dept.
Classy, Dr. B.P.
And if you don’t have a patio or balcony, an Aerogarden (or similar indoor setup) is your friend.
I’m thinking of buying the Aerogarden LED version, precisely to grow Cilantro and Chives.
-JT
This was known back when the Minutemen were started. And mist just ignored it, and the invasion.
And here we are today, nothing’s changed except we have millions more of them. And more politicians saying we have no choice but to reward them for breaking our laws.
bump
Clearly we are more evolved than those who can not detect the aromatic chemicals that others find pleasant..
You know.......once you get past the feces explosion.
Chervil, which is hard to find now, makes a very tasty substitute for those of us that think that cilantro tastes soapy. Also, some Asian cilantro doesn’t taste so bad. Some is even worse, however, so taste first.
Sounds good. I will do that. Thanks.
My wife is from Thailand. She toasts or fries LOTS of dried pepper each year. After 36 years of this, I know to avoid the smoke!
Cilantro is Coriander. Cilantro is just the Spanish word for it. It is native to western Asia and southern Europe.
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