There’s a severe outbreak of explosive diarrhea sweeping across the nation. If you eat lettuce, you risk not leaving the bathroom for a month. Some, mostly elderly Americans, have been hospitalized. It’s hell on earth, according to those affected. All evidence points to Taylor Farms’ lettuce farms in central Mexico. Yet, one Whole Foods store in New York City isn’t removing the bags from its shelves, in a move that has stunned observers.
Take that crap off the shelves, guys—literally. What are you doing? For now, this location is offering Taylor Farms lettuce at half price. How about chucking that crap in the trash (via NY Post):
Social media users were aghast to learn that a Whole Foods store appears to be selling Taylor Farms shredded iceberg lettuce at a 50% discount as federal investigators are probing the nasty, diarrhea-causing cyclospora outbreak linked to the company’s Mexican-grown lettuce.
The sale was spotted over the weekend at a Manhattan Whole Foods, where the discounted bags were displayed with “Enjoy Today” labels.
It was unclear whether the discount has been offered throughout the supermarket chain.
The discounted product, a photo of which was posted to Bluesky by journalist Jon Christian, did not appear to be part of a recent recall of tainted products.
“[W]ow at this incredible deal,” he sarcastically captioned the pic on Sunday.
A Whole Foods representative told the news site Futurism the lettuce sold at the New York City store was sourced from the US rather than Mexico and said the grocery chain does not carry any of the recalled products.
Well, that’s good news: I would still avoid it. Someone quipped, "Half the price, all the diarrhea,” as others said it should be renamed an organic laxative.