Nick Florco doesn't want to brag or anything, but it was more than a year ago that he wrote an article that has come to seem prescient.

Its title was, Now is Not the Time to Eat Bagged Lettuce.

Nick wrote this way before the multistate outbreak of cyclospora, a parasite that is associated with explosive diarrhea.

But now that this outbreak is here, Nick's ready.

So tell me what your fridge looks like right now.

I have a wedding coming up in a week and a half.

So you're living on cans.

Yes. I cooked a salad last week.

The worst part about this illness is that it could take up to two weeks to show up.

So, I mean, I could have already gotten sick and it's just going to hit me right before my wedding. We'll see.

Nick was originally warning against bagged lettuce because he knows leafy greens are the most common cause of foodborne illness.

And he could see the way the Trump administration was weakening

the U.S. food safety system. He worried about it. To be clear, it's not like we know what's

causing this cyclospora outbreak. Not yet. But it is clear that lettuce is suspect,

especially because you probably assume the bagged stuff is clean already. For the record,

cyclospora has also been known to hang out in raspberries and cilantro. A key thing is, it is

tough, maybe even impossible to wash off. And like Nick said, you can ingest this parasite

and not feel the impact for weeks.

Can I tell you a story about me? Yeah, of course. I love kale, but bagged kale. I love bagged kale.

It's on my list every week. The little bag says it is triple washed. I trust the bag. I pour it from the bag

into a bowl. And at least once a week I eat that salad. Is that a good idea right now?

No, it is not a good idea. I feel like the kale is hardier. Maybe it's somehow rejecting

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