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Taco Bell Corp. launched a newspaper ad blitz and sent its president on a string of media interviews Tuesday to persuade customers that its food is safe - even as the cause of the E. coli outbreak linked to the fast-food chain remained a mystery.

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saneman
Dec. 13, 2006, 9:11 a.m.
To regain the confidence of people, Taco Bell and Taco Johns will need to let people the cause of the E. coli outbreak. The president can't simply say that the restaurants are safe when so many people got sick to begin with. Were all the foods tested?

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  saneman
  Dec. 13, 2006, 9:20 a.m.
  to let people know the cause. What efforts are being made that the food is safe?
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brettodactyl
Dec. 13, 2006, 11:32 a.m.
I have only eaten at a Taco Bell once or twice probably in the past 5 years. Taco Bells in my area have had issues with people getting sick from the food. In fact, there was one instance in which the employees had actually put fecal matter in the food. While this may have been an isolated incident, I don't trust Taco Bell, and don't plan to eat there anymore.
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ratoncitaverde
Dec. 13, 2006, 12:34 p.m.
e. coli or not, i still dont trust the quality of their meat.

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  B1BLancer
  Dec. 13, 2006, 3:08 p.m.
  In this case, it wasn't the meat that was the problem.
  
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    B1BLancer
    Dec. 13, 2006, 7:03 p.m.
    Wasn't it traced to the onions?
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justron
Dec. 13, 2006, 1:29 p.m.
I'm not the brightest light bulb in the pack, is one thing common with all the outbreaks of E. coli. This problem is just the tip of the ice. Anybody from anyplace can work, and no health test to work. I think E. coli will be one of the least problems of health.
Screem at the mouse, while being stepped on by the elephant
The run for the border, has more meaning.

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  B1BLancer
  Dec. 13, 2006, 7:04 p.m.
  Or the sharpest knife in the harbor.
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Tigra
Dec. 13, 2006, 1:34 p.m.
Well I'm sure you all remember the oubreaks from the spinach bags months back....Taco bell uses a lot of veggies in their fixings. Employees don't wash the produce, they just take it from the fridge and start use...I think that this practice needs to be evaluated by Taco Bell and other food chains...wash the produce with a safe solution that will kill germs...

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  B1BLancer
  Dec. 13, 2006, 3:09 p.m.
  A capful of bleach per gallon of water will kill most of the bad stuff.
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  earthlingerer
  Dec. 13, 2006, 6:12 p.m.
  It's ENTIRELY possible to wash E. coli off of spinach, and the contamination DOESN'T come from cattle, but from people picking produce post-pooping.
  How many port-o-lets have you seen at a farm being picked by migrants?
  I thought so.
  
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    B1BLancer
    Dec. 13, 2006, 7:10 p.m.
    Unless either the cow pasture or the spinach field were recent arrivals, why hadn't it happened before now?
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  earthlingerer
  Dec. 13, 2006, 6:10 p.m.
  Makes you wonder about the filthy poopy palmed people picking the produce, huh?
  But everyday I dream of eating at Taco Bell, rather than my choice of forty different traditional potato dishes at the cafe.
  Please send soft tacos and chilitos to Lithuania!
  Oh yeah, two beef chalupas, too.
  extra extra hot sauce, please
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tachyonsoul
Dec. 13, 2006, 6:30 p.m.
I trust taco bell as far as I can throw it. I've eaten and gotten sick from their food more than once. Never anywhere else in my entire life have a I gotten food poisoned like at taco smell.

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  B1BLancer
  Dec. 13, 2006, 7:19 p.m.
  I guess I've been blessed in that my nearly 49 years, I've never had a case of food poisoning.
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B1BLancer
Dec. 13, 2006, 7:17 p.m.
Looks like the lettuce may be to blame instead of the onions.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/13/e.coli.outbre

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  B1BLancer
  Dec. 13, 2006, 8:23 p.m.
  Cross-contamination could be a factor, but it isn't just one restaurant. It's 71 cases spread across 5 states. Wouldn't that indicate something more than an isolated case of cross-contamination?
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Bigsteveo
Dec. 14, 2006, 3:40 a.m.
I would eat taco bell regardless of what bacteria was in their food.
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Gangrene
Dec. 14, 2006, 4:25 a.m.
Isn't there a better way to narrow it down?
Is it also possible that such contamination could come from the use of their Sour Cream caulk gun contraption? It's about the only other thing I can think of that's used on almost everything Taco Bell serves.