[3] The company distributes their produce through third parties such as Golden State Foods to several California school districts and chain restaurants, such as McDonald's and Chipotle Mexican Grill.

[17][18] Additional product recalls in 2012 included mangoes voluntarily removed August 30 by Taylor Farms New Jersey and retailers from East Coast food stores in four states.

[19] Drew McDonald, vice president of national quality systems for Taylor, had testified at a 2009 house panel convened to consider the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009.

In this testimony, McDonald expressed the opinion that final-product testing does not improve food safety and, in some cases, punishes good facilities for their surveillance when a problem is found.

Ultimately, this was revised to 104 impacted and one death, with a FDA inspection finding numerous violations in food safety procedures at the Taylor Farms facility.