{"id":67478,"date":"2026-10-05T09:47:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T22:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=67478"},"modified":"2026-10-05T09:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T22:47:56","slug":"poop-peppers-and-a-mouse-in-the-brine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=67478","title":{"rendered":"Poop, Peppers and a Mouse in the Brine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cyclospora<\/p>\n

The Great Mystery of the Mexican Lettuce<\/h3>\n

FDA has finally discovered Cyclospora<\/em> at the Mexican operations linked to this summer\u2019s record-breaking outbreak: one positive sample came from a tank holding outgoing wastewater at the Taylor Farms de Mexico processing plant, and another from a drainage ditch at one of its lettuce growers.<\/p>\n

Nearly 13,000 Americans got sick. More than 570 were hospitalized. Two died.<\/p>\n

And yet FDA says there is still \u201cnot enough evidence to conclusively determine how contamination occurred.\u201d<\/p>\n

Really?<\/p>\n

Cyclospora<\/em> is a fecal-oral parasite. Humans are its known host. It gets onto food when human feces contaminate water or soil.<\/p>\n

So somewhere between human feces<\/strong>, wastewater<\/strong>, a drainage ditch next to a lettuce field<\/strong>, and Cyclospora showing up in all<\/strong>, lies one of the great unsolved mysteries of modern food safety. The FDA still can\u2019t quite figure out the relationship.<\/p>\n

So we made the Venn diagram for them.<\/p>\n

Keep reading: https:\/\/open.substack.com\/pub\/rwmalonemd\/p\/poop-peppers-and-a-mouse-in-the-brine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Great Mystery of the Mexican Lettuce FDA has finally discovered Cyclospora at the Mexican operations linked to this summer\u2019s record-breaking outbreak: one positive sample came from a tank holding outgoing wastewater at the Taylor Farms de Mexico processing plant, and another from a drainage ditch at one of its lettuce growers. Nearly 13,000 Americans … <\/p>\n

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