Nonsense with cj little and Jeff Parker
Jul 23, 2026 · 33 min · 11 segments
(0:00) Open (1:04) The Toxic Truth About Food Safety (3:22) Food Borne Illness Background (5:05) Cyclospora: It’s a Parasite, Not a Bacterium (9:02) Global Supply Chain Risks (14:30) Food Storage…
Jeff ParkerHost
This July, a microscopic parasite named Cyclospora forced Taco Bell to yank iceberg lettuce from menus in five Midwestern states.
Over 1,600 people have been sickened by shredded lettuce we think traces to a single Mexican supplier, Taylor Farms de Mexico.
This is a case study in how a parasite the width of a red blood cell can exploit a supply chain that moves produce from Guanajuato
It's already been in Guanajuato, and now it's not going to go to Toledo? That's just downhill.
This July, a microscopic parasite named Cyclospora forced Taco Bell to yank iceberg lettuce from menus in five Midwestern states.
Over 1,600 people have been sickened by shredded lettuce we think traces to a single Mexican supplier, Taylor Farms de Mexico.
This is a case study in how a parasite the width of a red blood cell can exploit a supply chain that moves produce from Guanajuato
It's already been in Guanajuato, and now it's not going to go to Toledo? That's just downhill.
The rest of this transcript — segmented and speaker-labeled, so you land on the exact moment something was said
Search every transcript — by keyword, by phrase, or by meaning, across every show Radar indexes
Trends — what is surging across podcasts, measured against its own baseline
Alerts — when a name you follow appears in a newly indexed episode
No account is needed to search Radar.