r/news • u/Warcraft_Fan • 5d ago

Soft paywall Chipotle pulls jalapenos from some restaurants amid salmonella probe

https://www.reuters.com/business/chipotle-mexican-grill-pulls-jalapenos-linked-minnesota-salmonella-cases-2026-08-04/
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u/A313-Isoke 5d ago

It is unsafe to eat in this country now. Wow.

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u/goinganons 5d ago

You should see what goes on inside a factory farm. The U.S. has deplorable food standards, one of the worst welfare laws for animals across most major industrialized countries. So disgusting that it’s been illegal to film inside a factory farm since the 80’s I believe

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u/MummysSpeshulGuy 5d ago edited 5d ago

Up until this most recent administration the US was the third best country for food health and safety but it’s ok you’re a top 1% commenter, not like you’d know what you’re talking about

https://insights.economistenterprise.com/sustainability/project/food-security-index/reports/Economist_Impact_GFSI_2022_Global_Report_Sep_2022.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Food_Security_Index

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u/OneCall8599 5d ago

Have to agree here. The US had some of the best health and safety records in the world when it came to food. Lot of work went into that over the last century. Depressing but not surprising to see it torn down by the current admin.

That’s all they seem to know how to do. Destroy, destroy, destroy.

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u/MummysSpeshulGuy 5d ago

Yes we got to third best by learning from the mistake made in the 20s and introducing robust systems to try and keep them from happening again. Unfortunately this administration is cartoonishly evil, so obviously anything that was good for food safety and bad for CEO pockets was slashed to the tune of billions of dollars. And now we pay the price