{"id":3959,"date":"2026-07-21T17:12:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3959"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:12:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:12:38","slug":"maga-lettuce-grower-scrubs-apology-claim-as-backlash-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3959","title":{"rendered":"MAGA Lettuce Grower Scrubs Apology Claim as Backlash Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The pro-Trump lettuce farmer Taylor Farms has deleted a social media post that attempted to distance itself from the ongoing \u201cexplosive diarrhea\u201d parasite outbreak. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3957\">Trump Plots New Blitz After Supreme Court Humiliation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taylor Farms had originally said it was \u201cvoluntarily removing\u201d its iceberg lettuce grown in central Mexico because it had been linked to cyclosporiasis, a gastrointestinal illness caused by the parasite. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWhile the FDA traceback is indicating a specific independent farm, which represents less than 1% of the U.S.\u2019s iceberg lettuce supply, as the potential source of the outbreak, we have removed all iceberg lettuce from the region indefinitely,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The company later asserted the whole thing was a mix-up, and that the FDA had \u201capologized\u201d to the company for \u201ca false positive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday, FDA informed Taylor Fresh Foods that one of its iceberg lettuce products from central Mexico tested positive for cyclospora,\u201d the company wrote. \u201cToday, we were informed that FDA made a mistake, and this was a false positive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the Department of Health and Human Services and the FDA have come out swinging, firing back on social media in a Trumpian social media style. <\/p>\n<p>In one post, HHS asserted that Taylor Farms\u2019 new statement \u201cDOES NOT change the basis for FDA\u2019s ongoing outbreak investigation or the overwhelming epidemiological data supporting the current voluntary recall by Taylor Farms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statements are still on the Taylor Farms website, but have been scrubbed from social media. The Daily Beast has reached out to the company for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Fresh Foods Inc., the parent company of Taylor Farms, donated $1 million to Make America Great Again Inc. in March 2025, just a few weeks into the second Trump administration. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3956\">Trump Hit With Blunt Reality Check in Secret Intel Leak<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The company has also donated to President Donald Trump, MAGA Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham and other Republican candidates, as well as some Democratic candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The company has additionally recently hired former Trump White House official Trent Morse as a lobbyist.<\/p>\n<p>Executives from the company also met with officials from the White House and FDA last week, just one day before Taylor Farms issued a voluntary recall of lettuce sourced from Central Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, CNN has reported that the Trump administration\u2019s funding cuts to a lab that monitors parasitic outbreaks have created \u201cthe perfect storm\u201d in the government\u2019s cyclosporiasis response.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, has cited another, separate cyclosporiasis surveillance program that was negatively impacted by DOGE cuts as part of the reason for the botched parasite response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour foolish and self-indulgent demolition of critical public health programs puts Americans at risk,\u201d Ossoff wrote in a scathing letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Cases of cyclosporiasis, the gastrointestinal illness caused by the parasite, have surged in recent months. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>More than 30 states have reported cases this year, as the parasite has sickened at least 1,645 people in the U.S. and hospitalized 141, according to the CDC. The CDC has said it is looking into more than 5,000 people who may have also been infected with the parasite. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=3955\">MAGA Melts Down Over Congress Taking Off Without Trump Vote<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pro-Trump lettuce farmer Taylor Farms has deleted a social media post that attempted to distance itself from the ongoing \u201cexplosive diarrhea\u201d parasite outbreak. 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