On August 2, 2013 the FDA announced that Taylor Farms de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. was the supplier of salad mix implicated by public health authorities in Iowa and Nebraska as the source of the June Cyclospora outbreak.
Taylor Farms de Mexico is cooperating fully with the FDA in their ongoing investigation.
We care deeply about the health and welfare of our customers and are absolutely committed to ensuring every salad we produce is great tasting, healthy, wholesome and, most importantly, safe. This is why Taylor Farms de Mexico assesses and tests all water sources, raw product fields; every lot, every day for any risk to our valued customers’ products. We are redoubling and enhancing our testing and scrutiny in these areas to further assure food safety.
We have invited the FDA to visit our Taylor Farms de Mexico facility to do a thorough review of our extensive food safety systems including an environmental assessment. Taylor Farms de Mexico invited the FDA to audit this same plant in 2011 and their assessment of the facility and operation was outstanding “with no notable issues.” The Mexico facility is state of the art and has an exceptional food safety record from the fields to finished products.
In this past month of June, Taylor Farms de Mexico produced and distributed about 48 million servings of salads to thousands of restaurants in the Midwest and eastern United States. Our team is dedicated to ensuring each of the two million salads we produce every day at Taylor Farms de Mexico is healthy and wholesome.
The health and safety of our customers is our number one priority. We can confirm statements by the Midwest health officials that product supplied during the month of June is no longer in the supply chain and bagged salad is safe to eat.
Taylor Farms’ eleven other plants in North America are not associated with the outbreak.
Taylor Farms de Mexico, S. De R.L. de C.V. exclusively provides fresh cut and value added produce to the foodservice industry. The company’s operations include a state of the art processing plant, industry leading SmartWash food wash enhancement system for mitigation of cross contamination, and progressive field testing programs.
Source: Taylor Farms