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  1. #Cyclosporiasis cases continue to climb in northeast #Indiana

    wane.com/top-stories/cyclospor (Wayne15)

    Allen County Indiana - Indiana Department of Health continues to monitor the rising cases of Cyclosporiasis in the state, counties in northeast Indiana have seen the largest number of spikes

    #Cyclospora #Outbreak #Feces #Parasite #FoodContamination #TaylorFarms #Lettuce #Mexico #TacoBell #Illness #Diarrhea #Health #HealthDepartment #AllenCounty #FortWayne

  2. #TaylorFarms Spent Big on #MAGA and #AntiRegulatory #Lobbying Before #Diarrhea Outbreak

    The company donated more than $3.6 million to #conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the #MAGAInc. #SuperPAC.

    by Kate Taylor, Jul 21, 2026

    "The lettuce supplier at the center of the turbo diarrhea outbreak has spent millions of dollars to sway sentiment around #FoodRegulation and elect Donald Trump and other MAGA Republicans, according to public filings.

    "Taylor Farms donated more than $2 million to conservative political groups in 2025, according to Federal Election Commission filings. That includes a $1 million donation to MAGA Inc., the Trump-centric super PAC, and $1.1 million to other super PACs dedicated to electing Republicans.

    "From 2020 through the end of 2024, the company donated more than $1.6 million to conservative PACs, including a total of $850,000 to #AFPAction, an anti-regulation super PAC with ties to the #Koch network.

    "#BruceTaylor, the chairman and CEO of Taylor Farms, is also a longtime donor to Republican causes. Since 2020, Taylor has personally donated more than $900,000 to Republican PACs and candidates, including contributions to Texas senator #JohnCornyn and Tennessee senator #MarshaBlackburn."

    Read more:
    wired.com/story/diarrhea-outbr

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/zUBU5

    #KochBrothers #KochNetwork #Capitalism #Crapitalism #USPol #CyclosporaOutbreak

  3. #Drumpf admin allied #BigAg bag salad firm that supplies #FastFood chains still the suspected source of #cyclospora outbreak , despite #FDA retracting "false positive" that showed link to #Mexican harvested crops grown in oft harsh #unsanitary conditions picked by low wage field #workers without right to access clean or heated running #H2O and flush toilets.

    In a subsequent statement FDA clarified, "To clariify, this false-positive lab sample DOES NOT change the basis for FDA's ongoing #outbreak investigation or the overwhelming epidemiological data supporting the current voluntary recall by #TaylorFarms."

    cbsnews.com/news/taylor-farms-