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.
So Trump was right, they really are exporting their...
SHTC is not nearly as serious.
I don’t like cilantro anyway.
I don't eat seafood from China or Thailand. I'd rather eat mercury from the GOM than crap from China!
I don’t eat it anyways, so now I have TWO reasons!.......................
From Wikipedia:
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.[15][22] Twin studies have shown that 80% of identical twins shared the same preference for the herb, but fraternal twins agreed only about half the time, strongly suggesting a genetic component to the preference. In a genetic survey of nearly 30,000 people, two genetic variants linked to perception of coriander have been found, the most common of which is a gene involved in sensing smells.[23] The gene, OR6A2, lies within a cluster of olfactory-receptor genes, and encodes a receptor that is highly sensitive to aldehyde chemicals. Flavor chemists have found that the coriander aroma is created by a half-dozen or so substances, and most of these are aldehydes. Those who dislike the taste are sensitive to the offending unsaturated aldehydes, while simultaneously may also be unable to detect the aromatic chemicals that others find pleasant.[24] Association between its taste and several other genes, including a bitter-taste receptor, have also been found.[25]
Shhh...aving cream/Be Nice and Clean/Shave every day/And you'll always look keen.
I have no idea what that means, but I’ll take your word for it. I won’t lose any sleep over it, that’s for sure.
It’s fine when used sparingly, but most people toss a whole handful on there, and then it is overpowering and you can’t taste anything else.
LOL!
“Hey, you’re out in a field, nearest porta potty a mile away, you gotta go, no one looking.....”
It’s not just a problem in Mexico. Anyone who’s ever driven through the Central Valley in California must have seen those mile long rows of broccoli or lettuce with the port-a-potties at the end. No illegal with dysentery, or hepatitis, or norovirus is going to be able to hold back until the end of the row.
Enjoy your dinner!
I would, but I've got the runs.....
I love it too. Time for me to learn how to grow it myself.
Talks like soap to me too but there’s a reason:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/24/why-does-cilantro-taste-bad-like-soap_n_7653808.html
Does this count as chemical warfare?
“People who lack the receptor for that particular bitter flavor compound (like me, who is otherwise a super taster) love cilantro.”
When I went to Thailand in 1977, I hated Cilantro. The Thai hot peppers were a real surprise as well! Now most anything I eat except for breakfast cereal has one or both in it.
Nothing new. I knew 15 years ago that they used human feces as fertilizer in Mexico. I won’t buy produce from there.
Remember the green onions a few years ago?:
Tainted green onions from Mexico were blamed for an outbreak of hepatitis A in western Pennsylvania in 2003 that was traced to a Mexican restaurant. Four people died and more than 600 others were sickened after eating the green onions at a Chi-Chi’s restaurant.
California is the nation’s largest supplier of green onions. But by December, as winter sets in, the vegetable is often imported from Mexico.
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And I’ll be planting more as soon as we get back from Mass.
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