Michigan Asked Taco Bell for Its Supplier List on July 1, July 3 and July 6. FDA Had a Complete Answer on July 13. Under the Traceability Rule It Would Have Been July 2, and Eleven Days of Contaminated Lettuce Would Never Have Left the Plant.

Michigan Asked Taco Bell for Its Supplier List on July 1, July 3 and July 6. FDA Had a Complete Answer on July 13. Under the Traceability Rule It Would Have Been July 2, and Eleven Days of Contaminated Lettuce Would Never Have Left the Plant.

Christina Jewett and Julie Creswell of the New York Times obtained Michigan’s outbreak correspondence under the state’s open records law and published the dates on August 15. An epidemiologist on the state’s rapid response team asked Yum Brands...