farms is an american based producer of fresh cut fruits and vegetables . founded by former fresh express founder and ceo bruce taylor in 1995 with the goal of becoming america s favorite salad maker taylor farms currently ranks as the world s largest producer of fresh cut vegetables . 1 with products that range from bagged salads to freshly prepared meals taylor farms supplies many of the largest supermarket chains and foodservice restaurants in the united states . 2 taylor farms headquarters are located in salinas california with regional processing plants in the following locations salinas california ; tracy california ; gonzales california ; yuma arizona ; dallas texas ; colorado springs colorado ; smyrna tennessee ; orlando florida ; annapolis junction maryland ; swedesboro new jersey ; chicago illinois ; kent washington and san miguel de allende mexico . 2 food safety recalls edit taylor was one of the companies whose products were recalled due to food safety concerns in 2011 including a may recall of salads mixed with grape tomatoes supplied by florida growers and an october recall of salad blends produced by taylor . no illnesses related to consumption of the recalled products were reported . 3 4 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 . 5 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 . while stressing the value of collaboration between food producers and government regulators mr. mcdonald took issue with the bill s proposal to allow fda quarantines of areas from which unsafe food had its origin . 1 references edit a b sherry kristina 17 july 2009 farmers critical of food safety bill los angeles times retrieved 10 september 2012 a b taylor farms locations . taylor fresh foods . retrieved 2012 08 29 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name taylor farms retail defined multiple times with different content see the help page . rizzo denise ellen 4 may 2011 salads with grape tomatoes recalled tracy press retrieved 10 september 2012 lunsfod mackensy 20 october 2011 taylor farms recalls 3 625 cases of salad blends due to potential salmonella contamination mountain express retrieved 10 september 2012 collins nikkita 4 september 2012 mangoes recalled from campus wawa the daily pennsylvanian retrieved 10 september 2012 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title taylor farms & oldid 723456378 categories companies based in monterey county californiacompanies established in 1995economy of salinas californiafood and drink companies of the united stateshidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference names navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 june 2016 at 04 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view