Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk

That's a good question that I don't have the answer to, but I know where someone sufficiently motivated and curious can find it definitively.

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety...

I sorted by the far right column and Taylor Foods does show up more than some, but I don't know how that compares to the volume they're selling. I know they sell to Trader Joes and Whole Foods at the very least so they aren't small.

My big takeaways are that certain categories of food kept coming up, namely premade foods like dips, pre-washed greens, and a handful of other ready-to-eat foods. That and there is a huge volume of these recalls, showing that there are issues with a number of manufacturers, but also that the system meant to surveil and recall generally works better than this recent cyclospora outbreak.

This company really bribed the Trump administration to relax health and safety oversight of their operations. The resulting increase in frequency of contamination by filth (feces, poop, crap, shit, turds, brown water, sewage, reclaimed biosolids, whatever you desire to call it) is an direct and easily foreseeable consequence of that reduction of inspection and control. They fertilized their crops with wastewater to save money.

https://www.wired.com/story/diarrhea-outbreak-taylor-farms-m...

I’m not saying it’s not a factor but we’ve had plenty of food recalls in the past:

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/recalls-public-health-...

Same thing happened with railroads when they deregulated.

Trains got longer and heavier. Maintenance and safety became less of a priority. Required improvements were no longer required.