MAGA Lettuce Grower Scrubs Apology Claim as Backlash Grows

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The pro-Trump lettuce farmer Taylor Farms has deleted a social media post that attempted to distance itself from the ongoing “explosive diarrhea” parasite outbreak.

Taylor Farms had originally said it was “voluntarily removing” its iceberg lettuce grown in central Mexico because it had been linked to cyclosporiasis, a gastrointestinal illness caused by the parasite.

“While the FDA traceback is indicating a specific independent farm, which represents less than 1% of the U.S.’s iceberg lettuce supply, as the potential source of the outbreak, we have removed all iceberg lettuce from the region indefinitely,” the company said in a https://www.taylorfarms.com/newsroom/taylor-fresh-foods-statement-regarding-cyclospora-outbreak/" rel="">statement.

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