GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — With state health officials saying lettuce or greens may be to blame for Michigan’s cyclosporiasis outbreak, one West Michigan producer is confident in the science, technology and oversight it uses to keep food safe.
Revolution Farms by Peckham south of Grand Rapids showed News 8 its food safety protocols, including shoe covers, handwashing and specific stations along its production line.
Nearly everything on the production line is automated: setting the soil, planting the seeds, sending the plants to the greenhouse and bringing them out for harvest. The different types of lettuce are the processed and packaged for local grocery stores.
More than 100 hospitalized with ‘explosive’ diarrhea parasitic illness statewide
State health officials say prepackaged or bagged lettuce or greens may be at the heart of the outbreak of cyclosporiasis — a parasitic infection that can cause “explosive” diarrhea — though the investigation is ongoing. They urged people to avoid prepackaged lettuce and instead buy whole heads and clean them thoroughly…