Taylor Farms did supply contaminated lettuce linked to outbreaks at major chains including Taco Bell — that's verified by the CDC and FDA. But the post gets the investigation wrong: the CDC and FDA were actively investigating and tracing the source. The FDA linked lettuce supplied to Taco Bell to over 1,600 cases. This wasn't Taco Bell doing the investigative work — federal agencies coordinated the outbreak response, with state health departments and the affected companies cooperating. The framing that Taco Bell functioned as a replacement for the CDC because the agency is "gutted" doesn't match how food safety investigations actually work. Taco Bell can detect problems and cooperate with authorities, but the CDC and FDA have the epidemiological capacity and regulatory authority to trace outbreaks to their source. Multiple organizations were paying attention to this outbreak — not just one company acting alone. The real story is federal agencies doing what they're designed to do: investigating, linking cases, and identifying the contaminated product across state lines.