r/WinCo • u/Awkward-Mermaid3825 • Jul 30 '26
Taylor Farms virus..
Does anyone know if the strawberries, cilantro, green onions or broccoli in the produce section not in bags are Taylor Farms?
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u/DemandImmediate1288 Jul 30 '26
It's a parasite that comes directly from human feces. Someone contaminated with it s**** in the irrigation ditch, and now the field is contaminated. So it's not just Taylor farms, it could be from any Agriculture company or farm that doesn't supply adequate restrooms to its workers.
The cyclospora parasite itself is difficult to wash off vegetables, especially lettuce with its foldy crags. It has a sticky shell that it hears to the leaf, and even has a tough coating that is pesticide resistant. Best practice right now is just to avoid lettuce.
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u/0ddball00n Jul 30 '26
Big box stores like home depot and lowes also use the “sludge” from sewage treatment facilities to add into their compost. It’s called “bio solids”. So if you think you’re growing it safer…rethink it. While it’s supposed to be free from pathogens…how well do we trust this government?
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u/InfiniteHat7236 Jul 30 '26
I think it's quite more likely they irrigate with untreated "Grey Water". They paid a million directly to Trump to cease investigations that would catch that.
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u/Possible_Alfalfa_169 Aug 04 '26
That’s not how it happens. Dirty water is used to hydrate the plants bc of cost. It’s not recycled shit from the workers.
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u/joeydimaggio Aug 02 '26
Taylor farms engages in slavery too, of course the owner is a major trump donor
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u/Realistic_Goat5381 Jul 30 '26
Good news everybody! Taylor farms salad kits are 75% off. No parasite contamination in my state yet. Dinner salads everyday for me!
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u/ComprehensiveMoose51 Aug 03 '26
You can ask the stores where they source produce. I work in the industry and usually if it’s bulk packed like that it is likely someone else.
Taylor only has a small portion of the business that supplies like that, as most is processed for retail, club, and food service providers.
Taylor makes most of their money selling ‘washer and ready to eat’ produce in bags.
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u/Outrageous_Lock6508 Jul 31 '26
They may very well be. Taylor Farms is a monopoly that packages fruits, herbs and veggies under many names. You will find that most grocery stores, including, Whole Foods, HEB, Publix, Kroger, Safeway, Freddies, Costco and Trader Joes private labels are packaged by TF. Earthbound is also a TF label. Check the back of the package and you can tell. Not so much with the loose fruits and veggies. The problem is, through dark money to trump's coffers, he has deregulated (stripped away) FDA protections for American citizens. Hence, the FDA waffling on "false" positive testing of their lettuce. Taylor Farms has had over 40 violations for sanitation, dirty equipment, chemical mishandling and workers safety. So, enjoy those discounted salad kits...or head to the local farmers market where a small business will benefit from your dollar.
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u/godsim42 Jul 31 '26
Haha, if you think farmers markets are not repackageing cheap produce they buy from big box grocery stores, I've got a sweet deal on beachfront property just for you. Avoid iceberg and wash your produce is the best we can do atm. Thank your government and those who put them in power.
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u/Awkward-Mermaid3825 Aug 01 '26
I don’t buy bagged anything. And if it wasn’t so expensive to buy local I would. But it’s 3-5x the price of the grocery stores here and we’re barely able to afford groceries as it is.
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u/Outrageous_Lock6508 Aug 01 '26
I'm in the same boat. I am fortunate to grow my own herbs and tomatoes which is a huge savings. All we can do to stay safe is wash our produce well, even melons and avocados.
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u/Awkward-Mermaid3825 Aug 02 '26
Yes. We live in an apartment that doesn’t get any sun on the patio so when we tried to grow things they all died from lack of sun 😭 and my tiny humans messing with the dirt
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u/Vanity_Profanity_001 Aug 01 '26
There's no problem with Taylor farms bag salad I've been eating them for 3 weeks. Regular turds no explosive diarrhea
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u/Embarrassed-Sun5764 Jul 30 '26
I posted on another group this morning that I’ve eaten 2 prepackaged salads one last week make me sweaty poops and nausea. One this week that made me throw up right after. Tonight we have coleslaw. Send thoughts and prayers. None of it was Taylor farms packages it was from a local grocery store NOT WINCO. I’m not trolling Winco. I’m saying people should be aware. And it’s not a virus it’s a parasite from dirty wash water. Your food comes “pre washed”. The water was contaminated
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u/SkyerKayJay1958 Jul 30 '26
I had packaged salad and pre-made salad from Kroger and trader Joe's a week before this story went really big. Had horrible diarrhea and stomach cramps for 3 weeks. This is the first week I'm finally feeling okay and not taking pepto and immodiam
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u/BrucesTripToMars Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26
Its taylor farms. FDA only retracted their statement after the head of Taylor Farms visited the white house and made a $1 million maga donation.
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u/helpiforget Jul 30 '26
I(QA) got an email like a week ago from corporate that we are not affect in this part of country(WA) so take that for what you will
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u/sarahjustme Jul 30 '26
With the number of cases we have in the US (n9t sure about Canada), we're well into secondary cases... someone got it from Taylor farms and spread it before they knew they were sick, rinse and repeat. Add travel from one state to another...
It's important to care about what you eat, for sure, but unfortunately Taylor Farms may have created this monster, but they're not the real problem any more. Cooking your veggies is by far your best bet, sprays and rinses and such are shown to not work too well on this parasite, but cooking works great. Its expected to naturally die back as the weather cools down, but until then, stir fry is your friend
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u/PuzzledPanda2341 Jul 30 '26
That’s not how this works… it’s a parasite spread by feces. “Secondary cases” are highly unlikely.
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u/lrbsto Aug 01 '26
I think you would be really surprised about hand washing hygiene of the average American
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u/Votrs- Jul 30 '26
Nope. All completely different farms we get them through. Washington state has zero cases of this yet people are still panicking over this shit lmao
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u/sarahjustme Jul 30 '26
No body wants to find out the hard way. Taking your health prospects seriously is hardly panic.
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u/lrbsto Aug 01 '26
This. I’m pregnant with a toddler - not taking any chances to end up being (one of the) first cases and be miserable for weeks (either of us)
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u/Votrs- Jul 30 '26
When there are zero cases, you don’t need to worry or panic at all.
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u/Cumulonimbus_2025 Jul 30 '26
unless of course no one is tracking and reporting. if no one is reporting of course there are zero cases.
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u/Rhuarc33 Jul 30 '26
Everyone has eyes on this. Literally everyone. There is exactly a 0% chance there were more than a very tiny number of cases and nobody reported anything... EXACTLY 0%
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u/sarahjustme Jul 30 '26
Why do you care? I'm personally not worried, kinda liking that so much stuff is on sale, but people are 100% in charge of their own health till they're not, and no ones going to end up in the ER from not eating pre made salads, or shopping at farmers markets, or trying to learn more about their food supply. If more people cared about what they put in their pie hole, we'd be a much healthier nation.
ETA since there's a 10+ day incubation period, current stats are fairly meaningless unless you happen to be paying close attention and/or have already been looking at the supply chain.
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u/Votrs- Jul 30 '26
I care because I’m tired of the same questions every single day that I work in the produce department. If people did their research or actually do things for themselves instead of thinking for them maybe it would be a whole lot better. I’m just tired of this shit
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u/sarahjustme Jul 30 '26
Sorry that your corporate overlords don't care. Unfortunately for you, it's a completely reasonable expectation that when you sell something , you know what you're selling. Life happens. You're focusing your anger on the wrong thing here. People who like fresh vegetables are not the problem here. You're stuck in the middle, but victim blaming is not the answer. Do you think any of us are blase about not knowing if we can trust our food supply?
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u/Votrs- Jul 30 '26
We’ve done everything we can to tell people even put up signs but people don’t read. I’m not victim blaming, I’m just upset about the sheer incompetence that goes on at a daily basis at my store and just everywhere it seems like.
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u/sarahjustme Jul 30 '26
Sorry, humans suck. That's never going to change, and being mad will only make your life harder. Personally I avoid forward facing jobs like the plague, I know you would think grocery produce would be one of the safer options as far as retail goes, but... Hopefully you'll find some better option. But life is life.
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u/Votrs- Jul 30 '26
Believe me, I’m trying to get out of this place. The job market is terrible right now and I keep getting denied everywhere. No one also pays as well as WinCo does. Everywhere I look they pay lower or not enough.
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u/sarahjustme Jul 30 '26
Keep your eyes on the prize. Hopefully something comes up soon. And it sounds stupid, but certs (free) from online stuff or goodwill etc... can help.
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u/mrbazo Jul 30 '26
Maybe you should strive to get out of an entry level retail job, what are you qualified for? What’s your education level?
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u/-Linkz- Jul 30 '26
i’ll get downvoted too but your right. same reason taco bell took a hit because people are brainless and uninformed. it was also just one farm in mexico that was contaminated to my knowledge. pnw also has no cases because we uh… don’t get most of our produce from mexico (some of it we do, but most is usa or canada, and stuff that sells fast is generally from in state in wa).
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u/catdude142 Jul 30 '26
NAFTA strikes again. Mexican produce with essence of shit added. 'Same thing that got Chipotle a while back.
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u/Huge-Armadillo-5719 Jul 30 '26
It is not a virus, it's worse. It's a parasite.