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I thought for Taco Bell, diarrhea was a feature not a bug.
Only if you don't get enough fiber. People have issues only because their menu items are mostly beans, aka high fiber
Between that and the way they use dairy cow beef that would otherwise go to waste I just keep hearing good things about this place
until the parasites at least
The president of YUM foods is (was?) a Trump supporter. I’ve boycotted Taco Bell since like 2017 or 18 when I learned of this. Also fuck Pizza Hut and KFC too
Almost every major corporate American CEO has shown super for Trump and the fascists more broadly at some point, trying to boycott every company run by them is both too expensive and unreasonably difficult for me and most people, so that doesn't mean much to me. Boycotting means very little in this case compared to using the government to force changes across all industry everywhere. My main issue with Taco Bell and other YUM brands is their extraordinary-even-for-their-industry exploitation of workers, but again, that's nearly universal across fast food (though I do mostly boycott that industry entirely).
What's wrong with dairy cow meat?
Dairy cows are distinct breeds from beef cows, and generally their meat is very poor in quality and quantity compared to beef cows. Only a small portion of all beef production comes from them, and an unusually large portion of it becomes ground or otherwise processed beef due to the poor quality. However, it's essentially a waste product of the dairy industry, so assuming we're not shutting the dairy industry down, it's generally a good thing that someone is able to put a portion of it to good use. Not that I'm endorsing Taco Bell or anything, but at least it's a less shitty method of operation than some others in the industry.
I come from a dairy farming family. We currently still have four small operations. While I would agree that beef cattle are ideal for steaks and other luxury cuts, most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference between dairy versus beef breeds in your average ground beef or sausage preparation.
We eat most of the cattle from our farms ourselves, so I have had plenty of experience consuming dairy cattle meat. The flavor of the beef from our cows is better than what I can typically find at my local grocery store, because our animals hang out in the pasture all day eating grass. The muscular structure is far smaller and there's less marbling, but the beefy flavor itself is great.
Of course I would see this article posted after I just ate Taco Bell. FAFO, I suppose :D
Good luck!
Thanks! I think I'm going to need it :D
We're in this together, curse you soft tacos!!!!!
Same. I hadn't had Taco Bell in years and had a craving last week. Immediately after eating my meal I had to drop the kids off at the pool while searching why Taco Bell does that specifically to us so immediately. I think I'm in the clear though, just the normal Taco Bell reaction.
While some infected individuals reported eating at Taco Bell, others had not, an indication that the outbreak is not confined to the chain.
It's just pre-prepped produce.
Produce or dead animal corpses?
Produce. Any other dumb fucking questions that could have been answered by reading the article that we can help you with?
So you're telling me that those jokes about Taco Bell suddenly became true?
Those weren’t jokes
The best jokes are based on reality.
It would make nauseous when I was younger so no joke here. These days, my elderly stomach and intestines treat taco bell food like a little bitch. Not that I eat there more than once a year
They should be investigated! How the fuck did normal Taco Bell break containment and get into grocery store produce????
Why? Taco Bell has already been giving people explosive diarrhea for decades.
Wait. This is in America and you're sharing a .co.uk link?!
I almost shit myself, but hopefully the burrito I consumed was not contaminated.
Throw the book at them! I got a case so bad I nearly broke my skull and the bog cracked.
When i worked at the mall we didn't have staff bathrooms so we'd often have to listen to someone in a nearby stall ringing the taco bells.
if you eat at taco bell you should expect some form of GI distress.
If that happens, your diet is so full of low fiber processed food you have colon cancer to worry about more than diarrhea.
I haven't been able to find much of anything about what is actually recalled. I've heard people say salad mixes were recalled, but I've seen nothing of brands/or produced where to watch out for
Nothing has been recalled. Salad mixes are simply the current main suspect.
Telephone game?
With the current health administration, pretty much. But no the reason this article is aimed at Taco Bell is strange, because even in the article they state that people who didn't eat at Taco Bell have contracted it, and many are stating that this seems to be stemming from salad mixes. So it would make sense if taco bell gets its lettuce and what not in bags, one of their sources may be the same as wherever else.
Mant illnesses like this usually come from lettuce because we don't cook it. Dunking it under cold water for a second (like I and most others do) won't do shit to clean the bacteria all the way off. Like people always worry about salmonella from chicken, but that comes via lettuce as well. The only way you'd be able to stop that would be indoor growing of all our food really.
Brings back memories of a bathroom stall that had graffiti that said "flush twice, it's a long way up to Taco Bell." There was indeed a Taco Bell upstairs.
Probably only affected nonveg food, yes?
Quite the opposite
this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2026
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