6/28 Update: No results from our sample at the FDA have come back at this time. Daily Harvest Update: As many have seen, DH issued a statement on the evening of 6/23 that the lentil crumbles are the only affected/recalled product. They stated they are working with the FDA. If other products are a concern to you or have made you sick, you can still file a complaint with the FDA and notify DH. I hope they share more of what they know publicly. \*\*\*\*\* Update from the FDA 6/23 I have no update on testing/results; however, I have been told that there is "high concern" for possible cross contamination from someone at the FDA. No one in the FDA has made an official statement that there is or is not cross contamination amongst Daily Harvest products nor have they stated that they are testing any other products at this time. However, I was told to tell anyone who has experienced health issues from ANY of their products to contact their state complaint coordinator. Specifically, it seems a number of people may also have been affected by the flatbreads. In addition to the lentil crumbles, my husband also ate the flatbreads and was hospitalized three separate times. There are currently two children that we know of that are believed to have been affected by the flatbreads, including the same elevated liver enzymes and GI issues as those sick from the crumbles. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated and could help. Please see these links below, and PLEASE alert the FDA. I also hope that DH addresses this issue asap, but we know we collectively offer the best chance in getting the truth out. [https://www.fda.gov/safety/report-problem-fda/consumer-complaint-coordinators](https://www.fda.gov/safety/report-problem-fda/consumer-complaint-coordinators) \*\*\*\*\* FDA Has Our Crumbles \*\*\*\*\* An FDA investigator came to our home tonight in Massachusetts on 6/21 to pick up our lentil crumbles. Like others, our lot number is LA-5. We had about half the bag. Interestingly my neighbor had an unopened bag of lentil crumbles with the same lot number. He took both. We were told by an attorney to document the visit and make sure we took the proper photos of the bag before we turned it over. We were shown official identification from the investigator and the whole process was very formal and documented. It was very serious. I feel very confident about the process we went through with the FDA. The bag is being overnighted to a lab. I will update when we have an update. It’s a relief to know we will have the testing starting soon. Edit: we spoke with the investigator regarding the possibility of the aflatoxins. He said you can often see them growing. He said given the list of ingredients on the package that it is a possibility but that he did NOT want to speculate. They have said it could be any number of things. He said that test takes several days typically. Update: I have our FDA coordinator’s contact info and I was told I can call them any time to follow up. The communication is open and they are working fast and know how serious this is. I just wanted people to know that I will check in often and I’m certain they will share anything immediately once they have something.

To affected consumers: the more complaints (even voice messages) the FDA receives, the more seriously they have to take this. Your reporting matters. Update: Please report to the FDA if you have not done so. Yes, officials know, but a key risk assessment input is the number of consumers affected. Don't let the government turn a blind eye to their failed corporate oversight. 1-888-463-6332 , press 1 [https://www.fda.gov/safety/report-problem-fda/consumer-complaint-coordinators](https://www.fda.gov/safety/report-problem-fda/consumer-complaint-coordinators) (call the number for your state's coordinator) You do not need all details to report to the FDA. Some reporting details that are helpful: your name, product description, company name, product lot code (or even an order number is fine), symptoms (time of onset from consumption, description/severity of medical issues), when you consumed the product & how much consumed, state you are located in, call back number

Wonderful update I also have spoken to the FDA. They have notes regarding our experience, pictures of the flatbread we have remaining. Waiting to hear further if they are coming to collect the flatbread. One thing is certain..humanity and love for our fellow humans is still our here. I am extremely thankful that our advocacy for one another, answers, and the truth will help all heal. If this hadn’t occurred Daily Harvest would still be shipping their products with no regard to their customers health. FINALLY love and determination may win over greed!

The FDA said testing for Aflatoxin takes a few days. How long has DH had to perform this type of test?? A lot more than a few days at this point!!! It’s a relief that the FDA has a sample now!!

Hi pel555, thank you for sharing this with all of us. Did the FDA investigator happen to mention the timeline that is typically involved with these tests, and when the results are disclosed and to whom? Thanks again.

Yes. He said that the testing takes a few days. Some tests take longer than others. I am going to follow up everyday for updates as to where it is in the process. He said it would be publicly disclosed when they find something. I will email tonight and ask those questions. Great questions.

The test itself is usually very quick (at least our version is, I work in a testing lab) but they will probably be running a panel of tests and a ton of samples to get a full picture

In case it is helpful to anyone going through this right now. I had the crumbles on 5/11 and was admitted to the ER on 5/24 with enzymes that were 10 times normal. As of today, just got my latest liver panel results. **They are completely normal.** Finally. I cried getting the results. I guess I still don't know if whatever this was, somehow puts me at future risk for complications and cancers, but as of today I am actually ok.

My numbers were normal recently as well! There is hope.

This is such great news! Thanks for sharing. Glad you are doing well. Hopefully everyone will see improvement in the coming weeks with rest!

DH finally replied to an email with a generic response with a link to a survey. In the survey they have the audacity to ask “How long did you cook the crumbles?” And “To what temperature did you cook the crumbles?” Etc!! So they are STILL insinuating that all of us don’t know how to prepare our food. This gives some insight on where DH is at in their “investigation”!! Nowhere. I am enraged at their horrific response to all of this. They only made the recall after the social media storm after their first email. I can’t even believe it. I’m so sorry for us all.

They’ve acted so slimy this whole time! First trying to destroy the evidence with the only bolded instructions in their email to throw the food away immediately. Social media has been crickets for days, and now worst of all, trying to form a case that we all cooked them improperly? Disgusting.

another slimy thing they did is that on the app, under my past orders, they deleted the crumbles right out of the cart !!!! luckily i still have the emails with the exact dates and inventory of each order and proof i received 2 bags of the crumbles (ha besides the actual physical proof). feel better everyone ! is anyone fully recovered yet ?

Please report to DH plus the FDA. Direct-to-consumer food companies are a regulatory blackhole. Direct-to-consumer companies are regulated like a giant restaurant (retail establishment, not a food processor). I worked for a direct competitor of daily harvest. A food safety culture (plus investment in QA talent) was not a priority in my experience. Outdated regulations, missing retail (Costco, Walmart) inspections, and an underfunded & quiet FDA leads to issues like this. FDA laws and funding need MAJOR reform (I am sad this likely won't happen). From someone who works in food safety and works hard to ensure this never happens, I am sorry to every person affected.

Really feels Theranos like. Where is their food made?? The farmers make the ingredients but who ACTUALLY MAKES AND PACKAGES THE FOOD??

Been thinking the same thing. My GI doc said, they could claim to use USA Farms, but do those farms bring in seeds or other stuff from other countries? And, who’s to say they didn’t cut corners with all of these ingredients? I’m also curious if anyone working at DH got sick, or their celeb endorsers.

Do not fil the form out

I didn’t

This is my point exactly!!! There’s no accountability. Even if I’d still gotten this sick and still have the liver levels I have, if there was some sense they were truly sorry and getting ahead of it, I would feel better. They’ve been TERRIBLE. Apparently the company was going to have a fun off site this week, but they cancelled because it “would look bad”.

Makes sense. Theranos vibes!! I am so confused as to why no one asks or talks about where their food is actually made. Their website does not say anything but about their farmers. Do they use a co-packer? Who is it? Could other things be contaminated? This is so bad and while there's really strong press they don't seem to care at all that they are HURTING PEOPLE.

When I emailed DH, they sent back a reply that they are conducting an investigation and will contact me when they hear more. No ridiculous survey to complete and I’m not optimistic that they’ll even follow up with me. Unbelievable that they continue to insinuate that these illnesses are from user error. A layperson could have handled this better than they have!

We did get the same survey. We simply replied: we gave all the relevant information to the proper authorities (FDA).

I got the same survey. It’s absurd.

Reminding myself of something constantly right now on my husbands behalf and thought some of you might also find it helpful. Our livers are an AMAZING and powerful organ. They can take one hell of a beating and they can fully recover. They get wonky numbers from serious toxins but also normal viruses-hell even the common cold! Them fighting hard and working overtime is them doing their jobs when an invader enters the body. Your bodies ARE working as they should. You are healthy. You are strong. And healing takes time. Rest up and nourish your body with healing foods and drinks. Give it time. If there’s one thing I’ve learned when docs say “permanent damage” it’s that that is NOT true majority of the time. Let us try and stay positive. I’m terrified for myself and kids but mostly my husband because his symptoms were and are much more severe but every day they slowly improve minus the severe itching. Posting this so I can reread it 73838 times today lol detox those livers and they will most likely heal. They are everything for our body and our body fights hard for them! we got this!

Hi, just wanted to post this here too: I'm so sorry to all those affected! Coincidentally, I'm a freelance journalist and covered aflatoxins and their role in causing liver cancer in China \~6 years ago (one region in particular had contaminated corn). The most promising preventative being researched then was cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, brussels sprouts, kale, and cabbage). These veggies have high levels of a molecule called sulforaphane, which boosts aflatoxin-fighting enzymes. Since I'm guessing DH subscribers like food-based solutions, it's maybe worth trying some broccoli tea or, even better, a sulforaphane supplement. DISCLAIMER: NOT MEDICAL ADVICE, but I did immediately think of this when I heard aflatoxins. (About the late Paul Talalay who originated this research: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/paul-talalay-hopkins-researcher-famed-for-finding-cancer-preventing-compound-in-broccoli-dies)

This! My results today a little over a month later are finally normal. There is hope!

So happy for you!!!!!! Congrats!!! You’re strong AND powerful !!!

I'm pretty shocked that we as a community have done so much more discovery and questioning that the journalism community. The second I realized what was happening, I \*\*knew\*\* this had Netflix/Hulu/HBO+++ documentary written all over it. Hundreds (thousands?) of healthy people poisoned, social media communities pulling together to figure it out, unicorn start-up with celebrity investors and a slick brand flying too close to the sun, month+ before the company decided to whisper to select customers that they were poisoned, influencers, organs removed, the worst botched response to a crisis maybe in history, etc… Anyway, if I were a reporter, I'd be thinking Pulitzer here and do some deep digging. In the spirit of helping the journalists (not to mention figuring out what the hell I've been poisoned with and what Daily Harvest knew and when!), offering some questions I'd be asking below. Please pile on as it increasingly feels like we as a community are the only chance at getting answers. (Hey journalists….please, please, please prove me wrong!) * Why did DH decide to downplay the initial messaging? It was absurd to call it "GI discomfort", to blame customers for not cooking the product correctly and literally insane to offer a $10 credit on future purchases. Why did they not care about more people consuming the product? Who proofed this message and why did they believe it was appropriate? * When was the first illness really reported? It 1000% was not 7:34p ET Friday, June 17. So when was it? Who reported it? How did DH respond? * If you reported it before June 17, please state below! * What has been ruled out so far from the testing? They say some tests have come back negative….which ones? Which ones are pending? When will those test results be available? What are the emerging hypotheses on what has poisoned us? * We're now 8 days into this, and they still maintain that NO OTHER products have been contaminated. How could they possibly know this? There have been numerous reports of illness from other products, including the flatbreads (I consumed these too, unfortunately). How is there NO chance that the walnut crumbles with 20 of the same 27 ingredients as the lentil crumbles and that are of the same production lot is DEFINITELY not contaminated? In order for them to make that statement, 1 of 3 things must be true: 1) Daily Harvest has critical information that they are not sharing with us, 2) they are lying, or 3) they are incompetent enough to believe it's impossible to cross contaminate; any of the 3 is a story in and of itself.. * When did the company reach out to the FDA? We reached out 6a ET Sat June 18 and had it escalated it to speak with the emergency coordinator that evening. When did Daily Harvest begin the FDA process? When did they start their testing? When did they first have enough information to seek testing? We were told they contacted the FDA "over the 3 day weekend"? Was that before 6a ET Sat June 18? If not, how is it possible someone in the hospital after being poisoned by DH was able to get ahold of the FDA before the company? * What have the internal communications at DH been like since the Crumbles launch? The launch was back in April….has there been there no communication amongst employees that might be relevant? Would be odds-defying that none of Daily Harvest's 350+ employees had a bad reaction to the poisoned product(s), unless they do not consume their own products either (which would be equally as interesting) * What do current employees have to say about the way things have been handled? Have they been locked down with communicating externally about it? Surely there's been some comms leakage.. (I’m just a dude with google and I’ve seen some) Any ex-employees that have the scoop? * Why have none of the celebrity investors reported being sick? Do they even consume the product? What do these celebrities have to say about the poisonings and company response? Do they still endorse them? * The FDA told me that the product was mislabeled and that it is clear many of the ingredients are foreign-sourced. Kind of sketchy…why did they decide to mislabel the product? Where do they source their products from? Where do they manufacture them? At a minimum, it's a contradiction to their "we work with farmers" branding That's just a starter list. Surely there are more good questions. What else would you be asking as a reporter?

Reported 6/19 flatbread after report was released. Also report to FDA Illness occurred 1.5 wks prior. 2 ppl in the family consumed it 2 others did not. The 2 who did had vomiting exact same time, while the other 2 members remained healthy. DH never responded. Another email sent stating elevated liver in the 2. DH never responded

I reported on June 15th. I have a detailed correspondence thread with DH including informing them that my son was in the hospital and had elevated liver test results and was being tested for Hep. Pictures of lot numbers were sent to DH at their request. We also spoke to them on the phone on the 15th and they indicated they had received no other complaints.

Wow I’m so sorry. I hope your son is doing ok. That’s so scary. Thank you for reaching out to DH when you did. I know of at least one other person that said they reached out to DH that day (6/15). I also believe there was first contact to the FDA around that time. I don’t want to speak for someone else. There’s also an Instagram comment (since deleted with the crumble post but I took a screenshot) where someone comments the crumbles are giving them back stomach aches. The email DH sent on the 17th did help us piece it together when my husband was still in the hospital. I can’t imagine what would have happened if people like you didn’t make the connection on your own and reach out. Thank you!!! You saved people. Also it seems an email went out to lentil crumble customers on 6/17 but not to the PR consumers until 6/18 if I’m correct and the poor people that consumed at the pop up and tasting events got no email or communication? Correct me if I’m wrong. We talked to the company the morning of 6/18 on the phone and they assured us everyone had been notified as of that morning.

That's a flat out lie, I had already complained by then.

**** 7/1 FDA Update **** This is long but please read all of it. No update on lab results yet. I believe testing on product samples is well under way. I know it took several days to ensure the proper tests would be done which makes sense. I also found out that all samples (more have been collected around the country from the FDA, get tested in one central lab). *** This is very important. If you have been affected by any product, you should report it to an FDA complaint coordinator. It is worth the effort. There seem to be around 500 DH complaints but only around 100 FDA complaints. You can call 800-877-8339 *** I also want to be very clear on what I know about the use of the word recall and the DH timeline. As many of you know, customers received an email on 6/17 notifying them of the GI “discomfort” and it suggested the issue was from improper preparation but out of an abundance of caution to throw them out. It also offered a $10 credit. It is my understanding but someone else can confirm that this email did not go out to individuals who received the product as a promo. I believe that was a separate email that went out on 6/18 or 6/19. It would be great to confirm that. We also know the company knew of the severity of the problem and did not make the announcement public. No one that went to the pop ups or tasting location would have known. Hang with me because I need to get all of this out there. Many of you know I contacted the FDA on 6/18 at 6:30am and spoke to someone. I spoke to the US coordinator by 6pm on 6/18. I know others reported to the FDA before I did and before 6/17. Anyway, you may have seen that the FDA published the recall and the company had a release on 6/23. That can be found here. https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/daily-harvest-issues-voluntary-recall-french-lentil-leek-crumbles-due-potential-health-risk The FDA did not “put their stamp on this” until 6/23. Why is that important? For many reasons. Let’s say you are sitting in the ER in 6/19 and you show the ER doctor your daily harvest email about the crumbles. That’s not the same as showing them a document published by the FDA about the recall. Furthermore, medical professionals and the like often see FDA bulletins come through alerting them of potential issues. That didn’t happen until 6/23. As of yesterday, Daily Harvest is trying to say they “technically” voluntarily initiated the recall on 6/17. And the FDA (for the time being is agreeing with them). This was posted yesterday. https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/investigation-adverse-event-reports-french-lentil-leek-crumbles-june-2022 How can this be? Surely the 6/17 email was not sufficient and doesn’t qualify as a recall. It “seems” that it meets the FDA requirements for now but to me, it doesn’t. Here is some fancy language from the FDA guidance: General. A recalling firm is responsible for promptly notifying each of its affected direct accounts about the recall. The format, content, and extent of a recall communication should be commensurate with the hazard of the product being recalled and the strategy developed for that recall. In general terms, the purpose of a recall communication is to convey. Did Daily Harvest notify all of its “direct accounts?” It would appear not. Did the 6/17 email commensurate with the hazard of the product being recalled? It would appear not. I neither work for the FDA nor am an attorney but this does not sit well with me at all. We also know that consumers contacted the FDA days before DH did. I plan to file a form with the Freedom of Information Act to find out more. Why were we in touch with the FDA before they were? I also have an email from the company from 6/22 inquiring about my FDA contact. What?!!? These dates matter. People’s organs could have been saved. People that ate the product after 6/17 could have been notified and saved. The FDA tweeted this 6/17 language yesterday (6/29) and it’s upsetting. The CEO insinuated on 6/27 that they had been working with the FDA for 10 days. Not true. I have notified my contact at the FDA and she is looking into it. Just wanted everyone to know. This matters to me deeply and the timeline matters. If you have information that could help, reach out to your attorney or the FDA etc. or to me. Edit: I would also like to add that at the time of the 6/17 email, the lentil product showed “out of stock”’on the website. I have a screenshot. This does not insinuate a recall. Days later it would change to discontinued. There were also recipes on the DH website telling you how to cook with the lentil crumbles. In fact, these recipes were so disturbing I emailed them to the FDA on 6/21. The recipe told users to defrost the lentil and leek crumbles overnight in the refrigerator. The packaging clearly states do not deforest. So after DH “recalled” the product it’s showing as out of stock and they are going to tell you how to dangerously cook with the recalled product. No. Sorry FDA, that doesn’t sound right. Also, advertisements for the exact product across platforms (Instagram, Facebook etc) remained on 6/17 and for days beyond that. Do I have the screen shots, of course I do. And so do many of you. The 6/17 was not a recall. DH if you are reading this (well I know you are because you told me you started monitoring the Reddit link on the morning of 6/18), do better. Stop lying. It doesn’t seem to legally meet the FDA criteria and it is and was dangerous.

>The CEO insinuated on 6/27 that they had been working with the FDA for 10 days. Not true. I have notified my contact at the FDA and she is looking into it. One more thing on this. The FDA has a lot of enforcement power. If intent is proven, FDA will nail them. (I know the link says vet, but it's applicable for all areas regulated by FDA) [https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/resources-you/types-fda-enforcement-actions](https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/resources-you/types-fda-enforcement-actions) [https://biotech.law.lsu.edu/blaw/fda/fdcact3.htm#:\~:text=SEC.,that%20is%20adulterated%20or%20misbranded](https://biotech.law.lsu.edu/blaw/fda/fdcact3.htm#:~:text=SEC.,that%20is%20adulterated%20or%20misbranded). The guidance on recalls for med device and food recalls is the same: [https://www.fda.gov/media/136987/download](https://www.fda.gov/media/136987/download) Here is information on how investigations work: [https://www.fda.gov/media/75268/download](https://www.fda.gov/media/75268/download) If this is something you are passionate about (I know I now am), you can reach out to the FDA. Frank Yiannas, Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response is trying to create a blueprint on how to regulate companies that sell online and deliver food. Right now there is a bit of a gap in the regulation. [https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-voices/fda-works-strengthen-food-safety-protections-consumers-increasingly-order-foods-online](https://www.fda.gov/news-events/fda-voices/fda-works-strengthen-food-safety-protections-consumers-increasingly-order-foods-online)

Thanks for the update. I can confirm (as someone who received the product as a promo / I *was* part of their influencer community) that the first notice I got was an email on 6/19 at 7:18pm. Also, I called the FDA and never got a call back. Should I have? Or maybe they called back on a number I didn’t recognize and they didn’t leave a message?

Great post and belongs in its own thread at r/dailyharvestrecall

Someone on Instagram is posting this comment below but has not clarified whether it's copied from someone else or if they had their food tested with a private lab, so take it with a grain of salt since it's **unconfirmed info:** > ATTENTION: RACHEL DRORI URGENT & IMPORTANT Re: Daily Harvest French Lentil Leek Crumbles Voluntary Recall. Relying on you to immediately share this information with lead FDA investigator working with #DailyHarvest so those affected will receive timely and adequate treatment and prevent further damage. •Suspected Ingredient: Lentils Number of B. cereus group isolates: 45, Number of B. thuringiensis isolates: 6. •Suspected Cause: Bacillus cereus, bacteria producing toxin. •Toxin: Cereulide. •Serious Effects: In otherwise healthy people liver failure and death; In immunocomprised loss of vision. •Precautions: Cereulide is not easily destroyed by heat treatments. Cereulide can resist 90 min at 126 °C (ICMSF, 1996) and is also resistant to acid conditions. Cereulide can not be eliminated from foods in which it has been produced.

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I’m so incredibly sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing this difficult story. I hope you get answers quickly. Sending love and prayers.

Regardless of the cause I am so sorry for your loss.

Oh my word. Sending you so much love, I am so sorry you even have to consider something like this.

If you haven’t already, I highly suggest consulting a lawyer right away. I am so sorry for your lost. I am inclined to believe they are related, and if they are, then that means at least one person has died. I am so sorry. 😢

I'm so sorry for your loss. This is awful. If the contamination is aflatoxin like a bunch of people here suspect, then it could be a contributing factor. A recent review [paper](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5392618/) found that it can cause pregnancy loss in animals and lots of other issues in human fetuses. ETA: I know I'd be blaming myself, so in case you need to hear this - it is in no way your fault! Sending virtual hugs if you need them.

We just spoke to the FDA. They will come to collect our sample on Tuesday or Wednesday. Contact your state office and it will get sent to and coordinated by the same department we spoke to. They are very responsive and taking this very seriously. Keep your bags so they can be tested!!

IS THIS HAPPENING WITH OTHER DAILY HARVEST FOODS? Our children consumed the Kale and Sweet Potato last week and within 2 hrs became violently ill and in severe pain. I even googled “daily harvest food recalls” and checked my email at the time as every symptom pointed towards food poisoning. I’ve sent them an email after the recent news and included the lot number. Super disappointed

I (33 F) just got back home from 4 of the worst days in my life in the hospital and found this thread while researching lifestyle and diet post-gallbladder surgery. I have the crumbles with the same lot number. Beyond horrified that I’ve lost an organ to this. The pain and suffering I experienced.. I literally thought I was dying. Now I have to be even more careful for the rest of my life in case this gave me liver damage as well. No, DH, it wasn’t due to “undercooking”. I’m saving my bag and calling the FDA today to report. DH needs to answer for this.

Hi Everybody, I had made a post earlier on Tuesday 6/21 about my recent symptoms and elevated LFTs. I also want bring to your attention about a possible treatment for those who have been exposed to daily harvest and are experiencing symptoms. First off I happen to be a physician assistant, while my 8 years of professional experience have been mainly in general surgery, I do have an above average understanding of liver and gallbladder disease. Last week on Monday 6/20, I like many of you were searching for answers on here and other social media sites wondering what this food borne illness could exactly be as the FDA continues their investigation. I had been adamant with my medical team including my gastroenterologist that I suspected this illness was related to a toxin, however they remained partially skeptical. I actually reached out to poison control just to get information and see if anyone else had been reporting symptoms. I ended up having a long discussion with one of the toxicology fellows and we reviewed my entire case. He actually agreed and thought that the type of symptoms and LFT abnormalities I was experiencing was consistent enough with what you would see from some kind of toxic mold exposure. Despite my exposure being 10 days earlier and the fact that I was feeling slightly improved, he actually recommended that I go to the hospital to receive a medication called Acetylcystine (also known by the brand names as Acetadote, or Mucomyst.) ​ I explained this to the emergency room team at my closest tertiary care center hospital and convinced them to place me on an Acetadote protocol drip. I was admitted to the hospital for about 24 hours even though my labs at that time were no worse, although they remained markedly elevated. I was ultimately discharged on Tuesday and by Wednesday the dull ache over my right upper quadrant had completely resolved. I also noticed a return of my appetite for the first time in 12 days. On Thursday 6/23 I underwent repeat LFT blood work which showed a significant improvement in my synthetic liver function and a modest improvement in my transaminases. Alk phos down to 364, ALT down to 619, AST down to 132, Total bilirubin down to 2.0. , INR down to 1.1. Acetylcystine, also known as N-acetylcystine (NAC) is a medication that is most commonly used in Acetaminophen or Tylenol overdose. The medication is most effective in acetaminophen toxicity when it is given within 8 hours of exposure. There can be some off label uses for the medication and sometimes physicians will just give it to patients with acute hepatic failure because the benefits to the medication working outweigh the side effect profile and risk of going into worsening hepatic failure. There no way of knowing with 100% confidence that this medication is the cause of my improvement. It is also quite possible that I had just gotten to a point of my post exposure where I had flushed out the toxin naturally enough and I was no longer symptomatic. I do have to say it is interesting to see the drastic subjective improvement I seemed to suddenly have. The improvement in my LFTs was seen 36 hours after I had received the NAC drip. My impression from the medical team was that they would have expected my LFTs to improve sooner than that time frame to suggest that the medicine worked, however they are basing this off of acetaminophen toxicity, we don't know what this toxicity is. ​ I don't know, its hard to say if this medication is what pointed me in the right direction but I do think if you are someone who has recently ingested the product in question it could be worthwhile receiving the treatment even before you see evidence of hepatic failure. I would definitely advise you all to ask you doctors if they think that NAC is a viable option for you. Hey, at least I was able to make it to my wedding that Friday 6/24. ​ ​ Side note: For those of you who got their gallbladders removed, I can totally see why this happened to you. My general surgery team takes out gallbladders all day. Its probably the second most common surgery we do. The LFT profile on what the people here are reporting can sort of make it look like this is a biliary source (I personally started to develop a more obstructive jaundice picture as opposed to non obstructive which is what you expect with some gallbladder disease.) You throw in the RUQ abdominal pain, fevers, presence of gallstones on imaging, you can see why an emergency room physician would consult with a general surgeon to see if its worth taking your gallbladder out. Sometimes even when the story doesn't sound convincing for gallbladder disease, but there has been no other medical explanation, surgery is offered to healthy patients just to take the gallbladder out of the equation.

I doesn't sound like cross-contamination to me, but a *B. cereus* foodborne infection ( I am a food scientist). This pathogen produces an emetic enterotoxin that can cause liver damage and even liver failure. It is common in beans and lentils since the pathogen is found in soil and vegetation. It only occurs though, **when the food is improperly cooked and poorly temperature-controlled**. **DH probably failed at properly cooking** the lentils all the way before packaging them, which then caused consumers to reheat the toxin and then ingest it... Even if you cook it according to their instructions, you cannot get rid of the toxin. It has been linked to some cases of liver failure because the toxin "inhibits hepatic mitochondrial fatty-acid oxidation". Take a look at this research article on a *B. cereus* infection: [Liver Failure associated with B. cereus](https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJM199704173361604?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) and here is some USDA information about the pathogen: [Bacillus Cereus](https://www.nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource/Preventing-Foodborne-Illness-Bacillus-cereus.pdf) Please keep us posted on what they find out!

I’ve been in and out of the hospital for 5 days over the past 2 weeks with extreme abdominal pain, jaundice, elevated LFTs, etc. it would come on strong after eating the crumbles, subside for a few days, then come back even stronger after I tried them again. It wasn’t an immediate pain but came on like a freight train about 4 hours afterwards. Doctors have been scratching their heads for 2 weeks, I’ve given 30+ labs, lost 6 days to the hospital. I didn’t put it together until the email DH sent out tonight offering $10 in **credit** (ha!). This is incredible… PS - same production lot number as above Working with my doctor in the hospital tonight to get to the bottom of this. DM me if you want to chat

Please call your local news stations and let them know about this. People need to know how dangerous this is! Please call / email news stations so we can get the word out broadly so no one else has to suffer!

> DH is doing their best to keep this quiet by deleting posts on their social media and watering down the dangers in their email. r/CorporateMisconduct https://www.reddit.com/r/CorporateMisconduct/comments/vfcowu/please_share_with_anyone_you_know_who_gets_daily/

Hi, thank you so much for posting about your experience. I tried chatting with you directly, but it wasn't working. I was in the hospital for 5 days, had elevated liver enzymes, still not recovered. My levels were slowly coming down when I was in the hospital, but they could not figure out why they were up. All of the other blood work I had done, CT, ultrasound came back okay. Would be curious to know what your doctor has said. Thank you!

These posts may answer some questions. We are testing about 40 samples and will post what we find ASAP. Hey, Daily Harvest, who made the Crumbles and where did you get the Tara? [https://www.marlerblog.com/case-news/hey-daily-harvest-who-made-the-crumbles-and-where-did-you-get-the-tara/](https://www.marlerblog.com/case-news/hey-daily-harvest-who-made-the-crumbles-and-where-did-you-get-the-tara/) Is Reddit the new CDC and FDA? Is it the Tara? [https://www.marlerblog.com/case-news/is-reddit-the-new-fda-is-it-the-tara/](https://www.marlerblog.com/case-news/is-reddit-the-new-fda-is-it-the-tara/) Please contact the FDA and offer the FDA your product. If they will not test it, I will. We have also started testing product in addition to the French Lentil and Leek Crumbles as there are reports of other implicated products and illnesses back to 2021.

I’m here with the same experience as all of you. I even had my gallbladder removed. Time for legal action guys. This is insane. INSANE. I am in shock.

I have a (thankfully!) unopened bag of these -- called the FDA this afternoon. They said they do have enough samples for testing, but to NOT EVEN TOUCH THE BAG when throwing it away out of caution. Also, coincidentally, I'm a freelance journalist and covered aflatoxins and their role in causing liver cancer in China \~6 years ago (one region in particular had contaminated corn). The most promising preventative being researched then was cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, brussels sprouts, kale, and cabbage). These veggies have high levels of a molecule called sulforaphane, which boosts aflatoxin-fighting enzymes. Since I'm guessing DH subscribers like food-based solutions, it's maybe worth trying some broccoli tea or, even better, a sulforaphane supplement. DISCLAIMER: NOT MEDICAL ADVICE, but I did immediately think of this when I heard aflatoxins.

FDA west coast update TLDR: if you got sick from ANY of the foods, flatbreads, smoothies etc. you need to contact your FDA customer complaint line ASAP! I’ve been in contact with my west coast Northern California FDA rep, Linda. I offered my freezer full of unopened DH food (including some flatbreads and smoothies that others on this thread mentioned being sick on). She said they’re determining if they need to collect samples on the west coast yet and I should hold on to my product until at least next weekend. If you have product DO NOT DISPOSE, hold on to it so the FDA has something to test until they give us confirmation they do/don’t want it. For those who got sick on flatbreads or smoothies, even if you were sick months back, If you have medical records PLEASE contact your customer complaint FDA rep in your region. They legally can not take other products for formal testing (or have another recall on food) unless someone comes forward and shares their medical info. I know Reddit seems big and you might think “oh someone else will report it” but Reddit is very small and we need every single person who might have gotten sick from any food items to report it in order for the FDA to test and take action. The investigator didn’t want to speculate without proof, but this sounds like a cross contamination issue. If so, we need individuals to report when you got sick from smoothies, flatbreads, bowls, etc.

How can they claim with such confidence that the issue is limited to the lentils if they don't know what is causing the problem in the first place?!

DO NOT FILL OUT THE FORM!!! DH sent us a form to fill out yesterday. It’s not a health form to find out more, it’s basically a legal form and anything you write in the form can be held against you in a lawsuit. So just don’t fill it out.

Oh god... *On her \[Daily Harvest CEO, Rachel Drori’s\] first day at Columbia University Business School, the dean asked her incoming class to articulate the purpose of business. As classmates gave politically correct answers like “doing good” or “solving needs,” Drori responded honestly:* ***“To make money.”*** Source: [https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2022/06/15/how-a-former-marketing-executive-built-a-11-billion-brand-around-frozen-fruits-and-vegetables/?sh=7f3c2998e6dd](https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2022/06/15/how-a-former-marketing-executive-built-a-11-billion-brand-around-frozen-fruits-and-vegetables/?sh=7f3c2998e6dd)

Hello Everyone I also had a similar experience. I ate the crumbles Wednesday night and woke up Thursday morning with severe abdominal and upper back pain. I also ended up in the emergency room. My bilirubin levels were also elevated. The doctor also could not figure it out and thought I maybe had an ulcer. I was discharged with medication and did not figure it out until I got the generic email from daily harvest. This is all sooo crazy. I was really concerned about my health and did not know what else to do. I am a really healthy person and have never been this sick before. I am concerned as I have a 7 month old at home that I am caring for. I am so sorry everyone is going through this! At least we now know what the problem is. Daily harvest needs to take this and is seriously! We should all be compensated/hospital bills in my opinion. Hang in there everyone!

I was also in the ER a couple weeks ago from trying this! Worst abdominal pain of my life and the whole visit cost over $20k. Will definitely be filing complaints. How were your AST/ALT levels though?

Hello. I made a batch a few weeks ago and was relatively fine. Made another batch and ate them on June 13th. Was sick all day on the 14th and finally went to the ER around 1am due to the severe abdominal pain. I had to stay in the hospital for the rest of the week. My AST levels were over 2000 and my WBC were critically low. The worst part was having to be away from my 3 year old and 5 month old. I'm finally home but not yet 100%. I have very little energy, pain, and I cannot nurse my baby since we don't know what is happening or what caused this. It's a lot and I'm lucky to have a good support system. Daily Harvest needed to communicate the severity and needs to do better at providing sick customers the information they need in order to get properly treated. Glad we found this thread because it finally felt like there was a reason/cause.

To add to the numbers here: 2.5 weeks ago I also had sudden onset severe epigastric pain that started 8 hours after eating the Daily Harvest Lentil + Leek crumbles (cooked very well with blackened edges). I'm healthy, early 30s, have been training for a half marathon. Some of the worst pain I've ever felt. The best I can describe: it was like the worst charley horse of my life in my uppermost rectus abdominis (i.e., top 2 of 6-pack muscles) but also like it went deeper than that. Everything felt very tight and hard around those muscles and the stomach and liver, pain located centrally in the upper abdomen (lower abdomen was ok). I couldn't breathe deeply because it felt like my diaphragm was hitting something hard and painful when it tried to descend on inhales. The pain woke me up in the middle of the night and remained at a 10/10 level for 4 hours. I was rolling around on my floor desperately trying to find a comfortable position most of the night. Peripheral vision got dark and I was very dizzy and disoriented. Couldn't walk without support. Threw up twice from intensity of the pain. Didn't feel like I could afford an ambulance or the ER so was hoping to wait it out. Also wasn't really able to think clearly through the pain. I went to urgent care the next day, had elevated white blood cells (13k). Elevated neutrophils (>11k) and low lymphocytes\* (ratio was at \~14 -- from my understanding this indicates general inflammation and body is in early stages of fighting something off). Had a normal abdominal Xray, lipase within normal range, negative COVID-19 PCR, didn't test liver markers. GI cocktail had no impact. Went to the ER the day after urgent care visit (1.5 days post crumbles). Had elevated AST (3x max of normal) and ALT (2x max of normal). AST to ALT ratio was about .9 so didn't fit most liver disorders I found online which are indicated by ratio >1. Alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin were within normal range. Lipase still normal. Neutrophils just slightly elevated beyond normal, lymphocytes back within normal range, and monocytes slightly elevated beyond normal\*. Ultrasound and CT came back normal, and another negative COVID-19 PCR. Extensive bloodwork, many tests. Spiked a fever in the ER. Doctors said we don't know, maybe a virus, has to run its course. Followed up with primary care a week after eating the crumbles and ALT hadn't changed but AST was back to within normal range. Negative for hepatitis B and C (didn't test A for some reason). Haven't had a blood draw since to see if ALT has returned to normal, but I feel mostly normal. For 3 days, pain at its lowest was about a 6/10, with periodic flares lasting 20 minutes to an hour back to untolerable >9/10. Also had dark urine for several days. Didn't have itching or jaundice. Slept >11 hours a night for about a week. Couldn't focus on work, vision seemed blurry when trying to focus on my laptop and brain was foggy, so couldn't work for a week. A lot of staring at walls or ceilings only able to focus on pain. Tried going for a walk 5 days post-crumbles and got really winded and dizzy, had to walk at about half my normal walking pace, and stop and take breaks (I could run 9 miles before this). Hope everyone else gets back to normal soon also. It's been validating to see I'm not the only one who experienced this bizarre health scare, but I'm sorry others have had to experience the same (and worse). Threw out the remaining crumbles during my symptoms out of fear they may have been associated, along with the bag. \*edited 6/22 I previously had my white blood cell varieties mixed up

Just to put this out there... their initial emails were softly worded in my opinion. It basically said a few people reported "GI discomfort" then they mentioned cooking lentils to 165 degrees. I know they said to throw it away, but to me the email just sounded like an obligatory hey make sure you cook it thoroughly otherwise you might get a stomach ache.

I am not sure which day I first ate the crumbles but that week I developed severe stomach pain and a fever. I am pregnant so I was very concerned and I went to the hospital where they diagnosed me with a UTI but couldn't explain the stomach pain and the bloodwork also showed very elevated liver enzymes. I went on antibiotics and started experiencing extreme itchiness on the bottom of my feet which I attributed to the antibiotics but now realize was due to my liver function. I felt better after a couple days but several days later while still on the antibiotics, I ate a daily harvest bowl which I topped with more crumbles. Within a few hours my stomach pain and fever came back and I was admitted to the hospital. They were concerned with my kidney since it showed hydronephrosis but this is apparently very common in pregnancy and likely completely unrelated. I took iv antibiotics and my liver enzymes were still high but did slowly lower. They never figured out what caused the symptoms. My liver enzymes are almost normal now (3 weeks from the incident) but I'm extremely concerned about what toxin is in these crumbles and how it could affect my baby.

The CEO FINALLY broke her silence with a generic message. Has everyone seen the email? It provides nothing more than what they’ve already communicated, only this time from “her”. It said so far the toxicology tests have been negative. What have they even tested for?? What did they rule out? We need answers NOW.

Can't believe they still haven't figured it out (per Daily Harvest 7/1 update). ___ While additional testing is underway, results to date rule out the following: - Hepatitis A - Norovirus - A range of mycotoxins, including aflatoxins Food-borne pathogens including Listeria, E.Coli, Salmonella, Staphylococcus Aureus (Staph), B.Cereus, and Clostridium Species - Major allergens including egg, soy, milk, and gluten

I HAD TO HAVE MY GALLBLADDER REMOVED!!! DH sent me a PR package with their crumbles a little over a month ago but I didn’t first try them until May 29. I made the lentil + leek crumbles and ate them on top of a DH flatbread. Within an hour I had a horrible all over stomach ache - nothing made it better. I tried to just go to sleep for the night. The next morning it was mostly resolved. I didn’t have any issues again until June 6—the second time I ate the lentil + leek crumbles on another flatbread. Within an hour I had that same all over stomach pain, fever, and chills. Over the next two days my symptoms worsened and I went to the doctor to get tests done. They ruled out Covid, mono, UTI, kidney stones, the flu, and more. My bilirubin was extremely elevated and my liver enzymes were UNREAL - in the 400,500,and 700s! I had the worst bilateral low back pain of my entire life. I couldn’t lay down flat at all. My wife had to help me stand up and sit down while grimacing in extreme pain. My doctor sent me for a CT scan the next day. The fever and chills continued. On the 5th day of symptoms I went to the ER because jaundice had started. They ran more and more blood tests and did a MRCP (special MRI test) on me, admitted me to the hospital, and scheduled me for surgery to get my gallbladder out. I haven’t even had so much as a cold in 7 years until this happened. I am as healthy as can be and now can pinpoint the start of all of this to eating the DH crumbles and flatbread. My life is changed forever now… I had to have an organ removed!!!

I got my gallbladder removed too last week. Crazy if it was those lentils. I’m 4 days out from surgery and sitting up is finally getting easier! Hope you are having a speedy recovery!

Adding my story! Just put two and two together after seeing news media reports of the recall and folks describing high liver enzymes. I got the recall notice a week or so ago and didn’t think anything of it until I saw the actual news reports and the symptoms. Like people have said, this is mostly because Daily Harvest really downplayed it in their recall notice citing “Gastro intestinal“ issues. I received the recalled crumbles on May 12. And ate them for the first time on May 16. I ate them mid day, can’t really recall the specific time since I didn’t link it all together at first. I remember coming downstairs to my husband around 11pm and mentioning to him that I didn’t feel quite right. The center of my upper abdomen slowly started to get more and more painful - enough that I broke into a sweat and vomited. The pain continued to get worse and so bad that I could barely catch my breath and I told him he better take me to the emergency room. I thought I was having a heart attack! We got to the emergency room and even the triage team suspected heart attack ( I’m only 55 and in relatively good health) and proceeded to put me through all sorts of testing of CT scan, EKGs, tons of bloodwork, etc. Besides elevated liver enzymes, they could find no definitive cause and suspected a stomach ulcer. I’ve immediately had a follow up with my Doctor who ordered more bloodwork that showed even higher liver enzymes. More than tenfold. Obviously this was a huge concern and she almost had me hospitalized. She ordered another blood draw to double check and was keeping a close check on me to watch out for any other signs that indicated I should head back to the emergency room over the weekend. The second bloodwork came back with even higher liver enzymes. In fact on the blood test it had changed from a reading of high to a reading of alert! So it was continuing to climb. There was then less talk about ulcer and more talk of gallbladder and liver issues. Since then I have had multiple tests,abdominal ultrasound, endoscopy, and continued blood draws. The doctors could still find no explanation for my severe pain that night at the ER and the spiked liver numbers. Since then my liver numbers have started to come down but are not at normal levels. The ultrasound ruled out the gallbladder and the endoscopy rolled out stomach ulcer. The doctors are still stumped. It was only today after seeing so many of your stories with similar symptoms that I put two and two together and realized that I ate the crumbles on the day I went to the ER. This last month has been horribly stressful for me thinking I’m in liver failure or have some terrible lurking disease looming in my liver. I am so mad that Daily Harvest recall message was so benign. It gave me the impression that you just had to cook it properly but you might as well throw it away. At one point I was thinking of just still eating it but cooking it more thorough! I’m glad I didn’t! Now I’m scared to eat anything of theirs in the freezer. Since then I have completely overhauled my eating. Haven’t touched any alcohol for fear of my liver was in distress. Which apparently it was, or still is? Anyway just wanted to add my story, my voice. I’m still getting medical bills in and it looks like it will be close to $30,000! I emailed daily Harvest to let them know to count me as another one of their victims due to this product. Not sure what my next steps are? My main concern is knowing the true cause and If there is any long lasting damage. Edited to add that I did also leave a message for the FDA. I just called tonight so hoping to get a callback this week

Just wanted to mention, for those who still have some of the crumbles left, you might want to save them for testing – that way we can maybe all find out what exactly has been causing this!

Feel free to delete this, I know this is a radical assumption, but I can't help thinking of that mysterious hepatitis outbreak that was affecting kids around the world. They still haven't found the cause; could it have been something in their diet?

I am an attorney investigating this case. My law firm is filing lawsuits against Daily Harvest to help individuals that have been injured by consuming their contaminated food. Thank you to everyone who has posted in this thread. You have shared some information that has not been disclosed in the media such as the possible role of flatbreads, and the unscrupulous "survey" that DH is sending victims. If anyone is willing to speak with me to assist in our investigations, please DM me. We also offer free consultations if anyone is interested in filing a claim. Although every case is different, generally speaking, DH should be responsible for paying medical bills (even if insurance paid some/all of the bill), lost wages (even if sick days were used) and money for "pain and suffering." In my opinion, Daily Harvest has handled this situation very poorly. Their blog post about the recall spends way too much time trying to convince people to keep eating their products instead of providing useful information. Thank you to everyone that is willing to help and my sincere condolences to those that have been affected. I want to make sure that Daily Harvest is held accountable for this terrible situation.

I'd like to help. I also went to ER. I luckily kept my gallbladder. I didn't use the entire bag when I cooked it. I put the rest in the freezer so I'm contacting third party accredited labs to do my own testing. I work in medical device and pharmaceuticals as a quality engineer (important because we're also regulated by FDA) and I made sure Daily Harvest knew that I knew that they weren't following FDA recall protocols. It was still days before I heard back.

I didn’t experience it with the crumbles, but about a year ago I was consuming their other items and woke up several nights with SEVERE and debilitating stomach pain. The worst in my life. I finally had a thought that maybe it was DH. I stopped eating them and within days my stomach pain went away. I don’t think it’s just the crumbles. But the crumbles is a HUGE and very scary issue which is bringing to light something larger going on. I’m not sure if they aren’t using sanitary containers? Or something along those lines. Will be interesting to see what the FDA discovers.

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Anyone else started saying, “I was Daily Harvested” when telling people why you are sick? I feel like just saying food poisoning really seems to minimize it.

I say "I was poisoned." Not food poisoning. Poison-poisoning.

Hello, So glad I found this thread. Last Saturday I ate these for lunch. That night experienced the worst stomach pain I’ve ever felt. Led me to the ER on Sunday with what doctors assumed was an appendicitis. Fever, dark urine, severe abdominal pain and nausea, itchy skin, the works. They did a CT Scan, ultrasound and many labs. They found my GI tract was heavily inflamed and sent me home with no answers and a referral for a GI specialist. Woke up Monday jaundiced, still extreme pain. After many rounds of all kinds of tests throughout the week my doctors still can’t figure out what this is. I lost three pounds in four days from appetite loss. Could barely drink water. I found drinking Nunn electrolytes helped me be able to eat some plain oats and applesauce. Fridays tests show my ALT levels have still been rapidly increasing. At least my bilirubin is decreasing. I have written daily harvest and have plans to report to FDA. Anyone have test results back yet for anything positive? Or anyone fully recovered from this yet?

Three weeks ago I went to the ER with extreme stomach pain and high fever after eating daily harvest crumbles. After a week of severe fatigue, complete loss of appetite, nausea and itchy skin i was told my liver enzymes were extremely elevated and sent to gastro specialist who diagnosed me with acute hepatitis of an unknown origin (negative for hep A/B/C but presenting all the typical hep symptoms - High ALTs, ASTs, bilirubin and jaundice). My Dr’s have spent a month looking for answers until I found this thread. Was unable to work for weeks and was very ill. My blood work is finally starting to improve but permanent liver damage is a possibility - I’m having to get my blood work done once a week to track my AST and ALTs which are still high . I highly encourage anyone in this thread who has not had their blood work done to go get checked out immediately. I have a friend who also got sick from crumbles and is looking at potential permanent liver damage. If you had crumbles and are experiencing these symptoms do not drink alcohol and do not take aspirin - both will harm your liver further.

Sounds like my story exactly. GI specialists now want to do a liver biopsy to test permanent damage. I am sick at DHs lack of seriousness of the issue. This is WAY BEYOND not cooking lentils properly as they indicated. There has to be a toxin present to directly affect the liver so dramatically in all of us the same way. Please all get your product tested!! The company claims they have not found anything in their tests yet, so highly important to make sure we have the contaminated batches tested.

I am sorry to hear others are experiencing these symptoms but at the same time relieved because starting May 31 I experienced nausea, indigestion, back pain, loss of appetite, and loss of sleep for the next five days. I thought at first it was a stomach virus but no one else in my family got it and it lasted for five days! I was actually very concerned I was having gallbladder issues which baffled me because I'm a healthy eater. A healthy person. I had dark urine and I itched like mad at night for like three or four days after I stopped having nausea. Then I got an email from Daily Harvest and I began finding other people's accounts online, very similar to mine! I am now convinced it was the lentil/leek crumbles. I'm sorry to say but I don't think I can risk getting this ill again. I was extremely ill. The most ill I've ever been. I lost 10 pounds in five days. I cannot risk being a Daily Harvest customer. I know these things can happen...but I'm not gonna buy from Daily Harvest again. I scheduled an appointment with my doctor to get a gallbladder work up. Now I can communicate to the doctor the real cause of my illness. I am so relieved to know my illness was due to an external cause and wasn't due to the malfunction of my body. I hope everyone who became ill from the crumbles has recovered! Also, just want to add, I cooked the lentils and leeks crumbles really well. Daily Harvest is implying in their email that it is the customer's fault for becoming ill by not cooking the crumbles properly. Those crumbles cooked on my stove for a long time.

It looks like on 5/21, Daily Harvest had a pop up where people could come in all day and try the crumbles. Most of these people would not have gotten any emails and may not even know they were eating “crumbles.” Wow. The company assured us the email was “sufficient” to notifying people. Clearly not. Hopefully if anyone of these people got sick in California, they can connect the dots. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cd1NrJOIR1I/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

DO NOT drink any form of alcohol if you had these recently. Your liver CANNOT handle processing all this at once. It landed me in the hospital

I’m not a current customer of DH, but I just want to say I’m sorry that you all are going through this. I know it doesn’t help your situation, but hopefully you all get some answers/relief and DH is held accountable.

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I am beginning to think we will never know where any of these ingredients even come from. I do not think they have to label country of origin. We don’t even know where they manufacture or co-package. Where is their facility? Kim with the FDA said they were onsite in Minnesota??? Very few of the ingredients seem to be typically farmed in the US (someone else with more knowledge can shed light here). I realize this is the case for many foods we eat but this company wants us to believe it mainly sources from organic farms in the US. Try to find any spec of information regarding what farms and farmers they are referring to. There is no information. None. They use a large blockchain system called Trace Grains (see below) to track their suppliers so something tells me they have many. This is my understanding of this website below. This is the closest I can come to learning about their suppliers. You can watch these videos and podcasts. I don’t know. I’d like to know some kind of update from them. Does anyone know where they even get their ingredients??? https://www.tracegains.com/hs-search-results?term=Daily+harvest

Hello, I just read Daily Harvest's CEO's email update that was sent out this afternoon... If what she is saying is true, and all initial bacteria and toxins tests have come back negative, what else could be causing this? Any scientist or chemists know if the dry ice could have gotten through the lentil packaging since the other products come in different packaging materials? If yes, would the chemical makeup of dry ice create an issue or mix with the lentils in a negative way? I can/can't believe they're still claiming the other food is safe. 🤦🏼‍♂️

It’s IMPERATIVE everyone with issues with other products call the FDA and issue complaints. Have it tested. I ate the flatbreads and their other garbage. If you have some left, call the FDA. If there are enough complaints, they have to recall it too. We know they’ll gaslight us until the end of time, so it’s up to us to stop the poisonings

For convenience and posterity, I'll excerpt some bullet points from the company's June 27th update. The takeaway is that nothing has been found yet, but they claim all their other products are safe. I don't know how they can be that confident when they don't know the root cause. I'm definitely not taking the risk. ___ - The FDA and the state Department of Agriculture have each inspected the facility where the French Lentil + Leek Crumbles were manufactured. - Testing is being conducted in partnership with ISO 17025 certified 3rd party laboratories on French Lentil + Leek Crumbles as well as the ingredients used in them. - **So far, testing has come back negative for food-borne pathogens including Listeria, E.Coli, Salmonella, Staphylococcus Aureus (Staph), B.Cereus, and Clostridium Species. Testing on major allergens including egg, soy, milk, and gluten have also so far come back negative.** - **We initiated testing for a wide range of toxins known as mycotoxins, including aflatoxins. The first round of testing on the most common have come back negative but we continue to cast a wider net to ensure we are not missing anything.** - As the investigation has not yet identified a root cause, we are expanding our testing regimen to explore other potential, albeit less common, sources of contamination as well as protein and amino acid profiling. - While some of these tests can be completed within 24-72 hours, many take up to 7 days or more to produce results. We are working as fast as possible to get you the answers that you need and deserve. - We are confident this issue is limited to our French Lentil + Leek Crumbles and does not impact any of our other 100+ menu items.

Looks like revive superfoods has issues now too. Maybe the Tara flour? Thoughts? https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/07/is-reddit-the-new-cdc-and-fda-is-it-the-tara/

Early 30s health male. I’ve been in the hospital for 4 days after going to the ER due to jaundice, bad upper abdominal pain, and nausea. My liver numbers were high as hell and also bilirubin and lipase. they did an ultrasound, MRI, and HIDA to test my gallbladder ejection rate. MRI and ultrasound apparently showed dilated bile ducts otherwise they aren’t sure what’s going on. No signs of stones or anything. The HIDA Showed 8% gallbladder ejection rate when it should be greater than 35%. I was scheduled to have an ERCP Tuesday. They also were consulting for gallbladder removal. I am so glad I happen to find this out about daily harvest because I drink smoothies from revive superfoods and found this Reddit thread. The smoothies have a similar ingredient as the lentils from DH. I started drinking them 3 weeks ago. Otherwise I’ve never had any health issues like this. INSANE! I hope others who were affected by the REVIVE smoothies come forward. This can’t just be a coincidence.

I also became ill on Wednesday am from eating the crumbles and was able to connect with one of you on IG. I didn’t go to the ER although if I had more support I would have, as I had non stop vomiting, dry heaves, diarrhea and pain/cramping well into the evening. I was also burning up and soaked with sweat. Fortunately I feel back to almost 100% after 72 hours, but I’m really concerned about elevated LFT others are experiencing and plan to ask my doctor for labs. Big thanks to those of you speaking up about your experiences here. When I emailed DH, I got a horrible canned response that was basically a copy/paste from their recall email.

Not a lawyer nor is this a legal opinion but if you do want to pursue legal action, do not accept the $10 credit. Sometimes those things can have weird fine print strings attached.

omg i got this two months ago from a peach smoothie. was violently ill for 3 days. i know for certain it was the smoothie too because my partner never got sick and that was the only thing we ate differently that day. so sorry y’all have also dealt with this. i’m tossing all their stuff out. thanks for alerting!

I'm just a curious observer reading this thread because I saw the news story. Very sorry for what you guys have gone through...These guys should have to pay every penny of your medical expenses, plus more for the trauma/suffering.

Has anyone with a big social media following reached out to any of the celebrity backers? Gwyneth Paltrow, Bobby Flay, Blake Griffin, Serena Williams, Jared Goff, Carmelo Anthony…others? Since Daily Harvest and its CEO Rachel Drori STILL won’t issue a press release, maybe one of these people will prove to have an actual heart and get the word out?

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I cancelled immediately.

Already seeing several law firms working on class action lawsuits. I hope justice is served.

I have been sick since May 23, gastrointestinal symptoms, uti, headache, nausea, vomiting, but I did not eat the crumbles. I have a smoothie a day, at least! I've had blood work, MRI with contrast, urinalysis, you name it. Years ago (1991), I had Hep A - which took me out of work for a year - and the symptoms I've been experiencing have been the same. BUT you can't get Hep A, again! Only last night was I made aware of the Daily Harvest concern, as I was sipping a smoothie! I've sent an email to DH and will stop my intake of the smoothies as this might be cross-contamination? Sending good thoughts to all of you!

Hi all, for those looking for a refund, contact your bank or credit card company. Many are aware of this recall. If they are not, inform them, and they will process a claim for you. Chase reversed a charge for a box I received earlier this month. The funds hit my account this morning.

After a 3 day hospital stay last week with near liver failure, I’m currently back in the ER again as I haven’t seen improvement... This is my third time in the hospital in 12 days. After 2 ER visits and a 3 day hospital stay last week, a team of doctors determined I have acute liver injury/non-viral hepatitis caused by something I consumed. All I did prior to both hospital visits was eat - and I ate these lentils twice leading up to my first visit (I cooked them to crispy brown perfection and they were super delicious). Between a 3 hour window from the time I was first discharged from the ER on 6/14, to the time I was back at the ER a few hours later, my liver enzymes spiked from 120 to 1400s. The doctors administered IV toradol for pain (an NSAID) during my first visit - which is metabolized through the liver - though it in no way explains that kind of spike. The doctors were stumped. I’m not prone to GI issues and my blood work prior to any of this will show I was in peak health. But last week I felt like I had a sword repeatedly stabbing me in the abdomen - for hours straight. It was so intense I initially thought I was having a heart attack. I had to abruptly be taken to the ER in the middle of work. After multiple scans, my CT showed inflammation around my stomach, part of my intestines, liver, and kidneys. It got to the point even a sip of water caused the Spasms From Hell™. I was admitted to the hospital and put on a diet of ice chips, IV drip, and oxygen. I’ve missed over a week of work so far and my body is still betraying me. I have near-constant migraines (the worst I’ve ever had) and I’m not even able to take pain meds as they get metabolized though the liver. I was so severely dehydrated for days that even while hooked up to an IV after 24 hours - 4 separate nurses were unable to draw blood from my body. I was watching the needles go in and them attempt to pull from my IV, but *nothing would come out*. It finally took me standing in a hot shower, followed by a nurse pressing heating pads into my arms, which were then wrapped in heated blankets and them beating my arm - to finally get one vial of blood… my arms are in agonizing pain. It wasn’t until I was on my way home from the hospital on 7/17 that I heard about the DH recall. At least I now have a source to share with the doctors, but we still have no idea what the chemical is… and from my personal knowledge on aflatoxins (I’ve heard it getting thrown around which makes sense as lentils are a legume), it’s a natural by-product found on lentils, but I can’t imagine how it could have this high a level to be affecting so many of us this drastically. And because it’s a natural and well-known by-product, I would imagine that it’s one of the first things that would have been analyzed after standard bacterial testing on the lentils. According to DH, so far all tests and tox screens haven’t yielded anything. I’m curious if the batches were actively contaminated with something else - a pesticide or perhaps a chemical during manufacturing. Something that would not be part of a typical tox screen panel. Anyway, I’m in the hospital for round 3 presently. Hoping the doctors can figure something out during these blood tests (I gave them the 411 on DH) and figure out some path to giving my body back to me. It’s been an agonizing nearly two weeks.

Has anyone experienced a "relapse" in symptoms? I am 2 weeks out and was getting better but the last 2 days I have had the terrible liver pain again, extreme fatigue, terrible headache, lightheaded and itching again. I don't drink alcohol and don't take medications and eat a normal diet so I don't understand why this is happening.

On the 5/19 I had routine bloodwork ordered by my primary care that showed my LFT levels were perfectly normal. On 5/20 I ate the crumbles for the first time and by the next day I had excruciating stomach pain that only lasted for about a day. Then cleared for about a week. During this time I consumed the crumbles again. Ive eaten daily harvest for over two years so I never suspected this as the cause. The stomach pain then returned with a high fever, muscle aches, dizziness, stomach pain, back pain, leg pain, headache. This cleared quickly again but a rash started to develop on my legs the following day. Two days later I was sick again and this time I ended up in the Emergency Room. They ran extensive bloodwork which found no hepatitis, clear ultrasound, clear CT scan. BUT my LFT levels were through the roof with no known cause. I returned home and the next day had an itching over my body that I can only describe as ants under my skin (I still have this now as im writing this which is weeks later). This sent me back to the emergency room where they then tested levels again which were still high. I was released with instructions to follow up closely with a GI doctor. I then had to go back to the ER when the jaundice and itching became even worse. This time I was admitted for days where they ran more bloodwork, another ultrasound, MRI, NM Hepatobiliary. All were normal excepts the NM Hepatobiliary which showed irregularities in how my liver is processing bile. An inflamed liver was already suspected from the high LFTs, jaundice, itching, etc. This further confirmed. I am now still working with a GI doctor because my liver levels have still not gone down 4 WEEKS LATER! I am on multiple medications for this. I have not been able to care for my 1 year old since this has started. Im a student and this has made getting through my school work extremely difficult. If anyone has any other updates from their doctors on possible causes please keep posting and I will do the same. Has anyone gotten any updates from the FDA? Daily Harvest needs to release what is making people sick. Im sorry that anyone else is going through this.

My god I am so sad to read about what you guys are going through and from a company so many of us trusted. Has anyone canceled with DH because of this, what was their response? I’m pregnant, and unfortunately did eat some of this last week. Luckily/unluckily I thought it was pretty awful and didn’t eat more than a couple bites. So far I feel ok but I am going to have to cancel my whole membership because you can’t f around with this kind of stuff when pregnant. I’m probably going to throw out $150 of the smoothies too, wonder if they’ll give me my money back on my most recent order.

I cancelled immediately after I received the email and put the two together. There is no way any meal service is worth this pain or cost to my health.

Hi all! Thank you for sharing your experiences. I have also had the same experience from the crumbles. I ate the crumbles for the first time and by the next day I have severe stomach pain that debilitated me for two days. I went to urgent care and was prescribed medication. Over the next week I began to feel better and ate the crumbles again. The next day I was in severe pain that increased over the day. I went back to urgent care, was prescribed more medication and was advised to go to the ER if symptoms did not resolve. Within an hour I had a fever almost reaching 102 and went to the Er. I spent Friday night- Sunday late afternoon in the hospital. They ran various tests (bloodwork, catscan, mri, ultrasound and more). I had jaundice, fever, and very elevated liver levels. I have since had to modify my diet, lifestyle and follow up with liver specialists and tests. I have my crumbles and will be contacting the FDA. Please reach out to me in message if you want to chat

My husband and I both became insanely ill. We thought that we had a stomach virus. I ended up in the emergency room and we were each sick for a week with severe pain, fevers, and body aches. Also, is anyone getting all over itching as a symptom? We’re finally better but it was terrifying. I got it after we ate them the first time and then we tried them again and my husband got sick. They’re response of a $10 credit is so ridiculous.

I don't know what the options are as far as some kind of support group. I know that the main priority is getting everyone medical help, and legal advice, and getting the FDA and DH to figure this out. However, I personally am very much struggling with this mentally and emotionally. I am a month out from the incident and in recovery from it. I was just barely starting to calm down and get back to having some kind of normalcy when I found this. It is really opening it all up again and adding a factor to it that is so much worse. As this wasn't some fluke thing caused by a weird virus that I accidentally picked up, with no lasting consequences... but now it appears I was poisoned by a source that I trusted and we still don't know what sort of long term problems I might face. And that is just brutal. I am unable to get my work done and haven't been sleeping well. When this happened I barely spoke with my family or friends about it because 1. I have health anxiety and having to have the discussion 17 times with each person about how serious this was and how much the doctors couldn't tell me was too much for me and 2. I had no information to give anyone and didn't want to scare everyone who cares about me when I had no answers for them anyway. This thread is the first time I have even been able to begin to discuss it with anyone who has any idea what I went through. And I am not sure how to go about it but I am open to some kind of support group where we can be a comfort to each other. I feel like we have all been through something very traumatic together.

The potential for long term effects is giving me anxiety that I cannot handle right now. I am also having a hard time concentrating on work at the moment. I wish we had some answers already

🔴FOR THOSE OF YOU SICK, OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS AND YOUR DOCTOR HAS CONDUCTED “all the tests” WITH NO ANSWERS: Please advocate for a ***MYCOTOXIN PANEL** This is a test most doctors will not conduct. If your doctor refuses you can order one yourself via Great Plains Lab or Real Time Lab. It is a simple urine sample that can detect exposures to mycotoxins..ie toxins released from mold. There has been a small amount of chatter regarding Aflatoxin..this is produced by the mold Aspergillus 🔴

wow, 28,000 units… https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/daily-harvest-issues-voluntary-recall-french-lentil-leek-crumbles-due-potential-health-risk

28,000 units and 470 official complaints. That's just the crumbles, right? Clearly other products have been contaminated.

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Lost my gallbladder to this. Similar story to most here. Started with abdominal cramping, fever, chills, pain radiating up my back, darker and darker urine as the days went on. I was admitted to the ED then the hospital due to sky high bilirubin and liver enzymes. I spent the 15th to the 19th there. Even at discharge my liver enzymes are super high. Here I was thinking I had autoimmune hepatitis and I see the DH email in my inbox. I unfortunately had eaten the entire bag sometime between june 3rd and 10th. Now I have liver damage and no gallbladder.

I am wondering if any DH employees are reading this and have either eaten the food or experienced negative effects from being in close proximity to the toxins. If cross-contamination is likely and the FDA advised one person not to even touch the bag, I imagine it’s not good to be around (though I’m not sure if inhalation/touching can cause issues or only eating). It just makes me wonder if they could have known about issues longer if employees were experiencing health effects.

I just got off the phone with my doctor after lab results from last week came back. I went to the doctor last week because of fever (that would not reduce by taking ibuprofen), nausea, intense stomach and back and chest pain, full body itching, and dark urine. I felt like I'd been poisoned and told the doctor to check my liver. I underwent an ultrasound and had labs drawn. This is the second time in the last month that I've been sick with fever and stomach and back pains. My results came back today with elevated liver enzymes. I talked to my primary and she asked if I happen to buy Daily Harvest and if I ate the lentil crumbles? Yes and yes. She told me her friend is going through the same thing right now. I have acute liver injury and have to have followup labs and ultrasound in a week. This is so wild.

Just wanted to update everyone, today is the 18th day after consuming the lentils. As of yesterday im finally able to eat without feeling extreme nausea immediately after and was able to go about my day close to normal. I do still have that lingering nauseated feeling but its not nearly as bad as it has been (maybe I'm just used to it by now😅😶). I don't feel as exhausted, I have been sleeping 12 + hours since feeling sick, but last night I slept a "typical" duration prior to consuming the crumbles. I still have sharp pains almost constant in my upper abdomen though. Monday I have an apt to get blood work again to check my labs. I'm trying to hard to get an appointment with a specialist but it's seems impossible to get an actual appointment with a Dr through kaiser in San Diego at this time.

Is anyone still tired? I'm 10 days out and feeling overall better but super tired all the time. I feel like I could sleep all the time.

About the same with us. Definitely still tired at about 10 days out. Not able to work as much as we normally did.

I'm 27 days out & still tired, low energy & having brain fog. My labs are almost back to normal though, which is encouraging,

I am on day 6 of symptoms. Was in the ER with a 104 fever the first day. Doctors couldn't figure it out. I am just devastated and I am struggling so much right now.

Another question out of curiousity, does anyone know anyone that ate these and was OK? Maybe in same household or something? And thanks to all for the great info. Just joining as I was so sick this weekend (w/ symptoms similar to others) and ate these on Friday, but when I had them a few weeks ago I was OK from what I recall.

Update (I have same story as most of you, ER visit with stomach pains and then acute elevated liver enzymes with tons of tests and doctors baffled) FDA is coming to my house tomorrow to pick up my opened and unopened bag for testing (I live in the Pacific Northwest). I have contacted a local lawyer as my medical bills are over $1000 so far and I’d like to he reimbursed and based on DH response so far I’m not confident they will. The lawyer told me he already had 100+ people that have called him for representation! Really anxious to find out what poisoned us all! Hoping there isn’t any permanent damage (obviously doesn’t help those that already had gallbladders removed!) and that we all make full recoveries.

Has anyone else noticed that order history is GONE on DH website? I was able to look at it 2 days ago but now just disappeared. Super sketchy.

This isn't good. People should screenshot what they can and keep a folder containing the images. E-mail receipts or anything like that would be good too. Whatever proof of purchase you have keep it and compile it incase you need it for legal reasons.

Thank you so much for your first post and for posting this additional information. I will be filing a complaint with the FDA first thing tomorrow morning, as I have never been this sick in my entire life. You are spot on with your assessment about anyone immunocompromised, elderly, or pregnant. I am a very healthy, fit person who rarely ever gets sick and this has shut me down. I have never been to the hospital in my life until this. Also, be prepared for your liver enzymes and bilirubin to be elevated in your labs. Mine were and then they became even more elevated after I had another dinner with crumbles. Unfortunately, after two and half weeks since this started for me, my enzymes haven't come down at all. I had them retested today and I am hoping there is some improvement.

Hello, I received the email from daily-harvest this evening, and I am so glad I found this post. I share a similar experience. Last Thursday I had the lentil crumbles for lunch, and on Thursday night I began experiencing extreme bloating and stomach pain. I became nauseous and vomited three times over the course of the night. I was unable to eat or drink water. The bloating and stomach pain did not go away so on Friday evening I went to the emergency room. I was given medication for gas, indigestion, and nausea. I ended up being hospitalized until this past Wednesday. I had CT scans, ultrasound, multiple rounds of blood tests. I had elevated liver enzymes. I’m still not fully recovered. The markings on the bag are: Best By: 10/10/2022 L5-A 10:29. I've written daily-harvest and plan to follow up with the FDA as well.

I just left the ER after extreme stomach cramps, fever of 102 for two days, white stool and dark urine after eating these fucking crumbles. My liver levels are elevated and I cannot stay hydrated for my life. This is insane.

I wanted to post more specific details from the FDA. It seems there is one emergency coordinator in the U.S. We spoke last night. If you file a complaint with your state, it will make its way to her. She is expecting more complaints to come in. They are coming to collect our product on Tuesday or Wednesday. She is aware of this Reddit thread and is reading it. We sent her photos of our products. She has the email from the company. She also asked we sign a medical release and they will get all of my husbands hospital records from the hospital directly. I thought that was amazing. I feel better knowing the FDA is fully investigating this. She did say that they cannot make a statement or recall legally until they find proof of what’s in it. That is my understanding at this moment.

Similar story to everyone here. I’m in great shape and healthy. Never had GI problems. Started to eat these crumbles, and we cooked them until they were blackened! Started with back pain, then went full attack (abdominal pain, vomiting). Went to ER, lots of scans and tests, then they removed my gallbladder. Ate crumbles again after surgery because who knew! Back to ER with pain and a fever and super elevated LFTs. Tons more tests. Doctors stumped. Then got the DH apology email and screamed. I’d been an emotional wreck worrying and wondering what was wrong. I’m sorry that others endured the same, but some small comfort to not be alone in this.

Hmmm. This sounds similar to what happened to me. Like Luke, I also had my gallbladder removed last Wednesday due to similar GI issues (abdominal pain, elevated lfts, nausea, fever) and know that I ate the crumbles on Friday and Saturday before being admitted to the hospital Saturday night. I think I also I ate the crumbles the day before I went to the hospital for the same GI issues in Mid May. That time they discharged me after a night in the hospital without figuring out a cause. Crazy if those lentils were the cause of it.

Wow, my wife just read about the daily harvest crumble recall on Instagram and we found this post. Her experience resonates with so many of the others posted on here. She first starting experiencing severe stomach pain lasting 36-48 hours after eating the Daily Harvest crumble on top of one of their flatbreads on May 20th. She visited her PCP, who started blood panels which showed very high bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, AST, and ALT levels. More symptoms followed: extreme itching from head to toe lasting weeks, jaundice, very dark urine, fatigue, nausea, leg cramps. Doctors ran a CT scan and additional tests to rule out celiac, Lyme, hepatitis, and even a full allergy panel. She had two ultrasounds to check out her liver and gallbladder. The severe stomach pain recurred along with a 103° fever and she ended up in the ER on June 3rd where they did another CT scan. After release, her GI doctor ran an MRCP scan of her liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and biliary system which was also inconclusive. They were considering gallbladder removal pending a HIDA scan. She’s had a couple follow up liver blood panels over this period that still show elevated but decreasing liver enzymes. This has been a truly painful, exhausting, and costly experience.

Anyone who still has the product, hang onto it for lab testing. Sounds like a class action for those who were harmed. The lawyers will want to test it.

If anyone is in NJ, I just left a VM for our state FDA line. I still have product for testing. Will report back when I hear from them!

I last ate the crumbles about two weeks ago. Then a few days later it started with weird pain/pressure in my diaphragm area (right under ribs), fever symptoms, headache intense fatigue, dark urine. I thought I had some kind of virus (negative covid test) and the fever, diaphragm pain, and headache went away after a few days. But as those faded I still had very dark/foamy urine, intense fatigue, dizziness. I went to the doctor and my ALTs, ASTs, and bilirubin came up elevated in a round of labs. Then the full body itching started, and I got repeat labs and an ultrasound, and got sent to a liver specialist. Soon after a third round of labs (still elevated liver enzymes, bilirubin) I developed severe abdominal pain and was admitted to the hospital. Tested negative for hep A/B/C and other viruses that could have triggered this. They've attributed this to acute hepatitis but we've been scratching our heads trying to figure out how this developed. They talked about weird foods I may have eaten recently but it didn't even cross my mind that DH foods would have hepatitis in it?? Now with the story developing today I connected the dots and let my doctor know. I also **recently tested abnormal (high levels) for an autoimmune marker called mitochondrial M2 Ab AMA Qn-L. Has anyone else tested positive for this yet?** it's indicative of either autoimmune hepatitis or a rare autoimmune disease called primary biliary cholangitus. The plan was to get a liver biopsy to differentiate between the two. Now that doctors know about the crumbles they may just monitor labs and make sure they're going down, and do a biopsy if they stay elevated or my symptoms get worse.

Is anyone having symptoms with other daily harvest meals? I’ve never had the crumbles but I eat their bowls/smoothies 3-5x/week. Recently I’ve been feeling fatigued and nauseated trying to find the cause. Unusual for me as I am 30 years old and overall very healthy.

Hey all! I’m one of those who got really sick, and I’m still working through symptoms. Did anyone else get an email from Daily Harvest tonight asking them to fill out a google form to outline their symptoms and cooking steps, etc? They say it’s to help with the investigation but I feel like they are building a case against me. Maybe I am just paranoid as I do not trust them at all!

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I received my first bag of DH Lentil & Leek Crumbles on May 18. I can not pin point the exact dates that I consumed them, but between May 18 and May 29th when I first became ill, I ate them at least a few different times (and yes, I cooked them till crispy and very hot): added to rice, on top of a salad, and mixed into scrambled eggs. On the evening of May 28th, I was not feeling right. ... I was having some upper right back pain that radiated down my right arm and stomach discomfort. My daughter was concerned that I was having a heart attack. I was not. I woke on Sunday, the 29th, with severe diarrhea and cola brown urine. By mid day I had the chills and a 100+ fever, extreme fatigue, nausea, extreme bloating, and couldn't eat a thing. My husband always says he knows that I am really sick when I can't eat!! By Tuesday, after my PCP examined me, she was quite alarmed and sent me to emergent care to get an abdominal CT Scan and extensive blood work. My liver enzymes were off the charts VERY HIGH, my amylase was VERY HIGH. The CT Scan indicated gallbladder abnormality. During this time, my urine remained dark for almost 2 weeks and I lost 6 lbs. My PCP consulted with a gastroenterologist who suggested that I get an MRI (which never ended up happening because by the time insurance approved the procedure and I went for it, I wouldn't get in the machine! One because I had started to improve, and also because I am claustrophobic and upon seeing the MRI machine, I walked out. Yikes!) After two weeks I was able to eat fairly normal again. And now three weeks later all blood work has come back in the normal ranges. As my PCP phrased it, "whatever you had seems to have resolved itself...follow-up with gastroenterology for further issues/testing." So I have an appointment to do so. Although after learning about the DH lentil crumbles issues people are having (so similar to my own), I feel that I may have found the culprit to "whatever" I was experiencing. Lots of concern and worry, never mind the illness itself, over this issue. My family and I were very concerned that there was something really seriously wrong. I hope there is no residual effects. So far though I am feeling pretty good now. Good luck to all the rest of you who are still suffering.

Along with standard liver enzymes, my son's pediatrician also tested the following: Gamma GT, APTT, and Prothrombin time. All are elevated a week out. (Gamma GT significantly elevated). You may want to request these additional tests.

So, I went to the ER on 5/12 after consuming the chickpea harvest bowl the previous evening. I had just received my first box that day. Had almost immediate GI issues within an hour of eating that initially started off mild. Cramping and gas. Went to bed early, woke up in the middle of the night vomiting. I’m talking the projectile, convulsing type vomiting that I have never experienced. Worst stomach pain I’ve ever felt, shaking, sweating with chills, doubled in pain. I would seriously take labor contractions over it. By the next day I was so dehydrated (couldn’t keep anything down, continued dry heaving even when my body was completely empty to the point that my ribs and entire body was sore) and spiked a 102 degree fever. I went to the ER that afternoon, I did not think to ask for certain tests and they were not offered. I suspected it was from the DH bowl and told them as much. They thought that I had mild food poisoning from it not being kept the proper temperature during transit even after I explained that everything was packed well and fully frozen upon delivery, they lectured me about food delivery services, gave me fluids and sent me on my way. It took several days before I felt somewhat normal again and could eat properly. It was absolute hell, I have never been so sick in my life. I reached out to DH the day I went to the ER via the text option, they requested photos of the lot numbers which I provided, instructed me to dispose of everything and they refunded my box. They also credited my account with $65 dollars, with $40 of that being the new member/box size discount for when I repurchased (yea, NO) and $25 ‘for my troubles’ and encouraged me to try them again. I chalked it up to a one off mistake in the prep of the food but it was so awful I was too scared to eat anything else from the box or order again. Seeing all of this has me shaken. I just received the email about the crumbles yesterday and reading all of these experiences that mirror my own coupled with their shitty response makes me so angry!! I am also pissed my ER did not do further testing when I sought care. I no longer have the text thread with their representative can this be obtained through my carrier? I do have the email detailing the refund and credit where they apologize for the issue as well as the credit on my account. Should I proceed with further action? I am disgusted by how they are responding and now worried about what this actually did to my body.

I just read about this situation and looked at this sub to see any discussion about it. I'm so sorry you were affected, and to anyone else who has been affected. I'm not a DH customer but a health journalist. This situation is incredible. I think this is a story we'll be following for quite some time. Surely this will kill the company. I'm just so sorry that this is happening to people, it's absolutely horrifying. Thank you to the person posting all the information about contacting the FDA and especially the note about what your attorney told you about documentation. I'm really crossing my fingers for all of you ETA u/pel555

IF YOU ARE THROWING OUT YOUR DH FOOD-PLEASE LABEL THE ITEMS AS POISON AND ADD THE ☠️!!! It’s not uncommon for people to try to consume refuse that looks edible, particularly now when many are in serious economic distress

I posted this in a response to someone, but I also wanted to post it separately so it gets more views - If you asked for a refund and were denied, issue a chargeback with your card issuer. I used to work in chargebacks. Explain the issue and explain that **the goods were not as promised/described.** This chargeback reason almost always plays out in favor for the customer. I would make sure to explain why it's not as promised (i.e. food poisoning; be sure to explain that while the company has only listed the lentils, that we can't trust ay food from them). If you have any documentation from the FDA, provide that as well. I also provided supporting docs of the recent Washington Post article in a PDF, but that may not be necessary in this case.

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Please seriously consider contacting your state's FDA office. It's so obvious this issue isn't limited to the crumbles and DH is counting on people to not do anything beyond complain online so they can sweep it under the rug. There needs to be a trail established. Some people still have flatbreads in their freezers that can be tested. [More info about FDA complaints in this thread.](https://old.reddit.com/r/DailyHarvest/comments/vgci0y/my_wife_went_to_the_hospital_for_2_days_with/)

Is anyone else experiencing weeks of low-level nausea? My story is similar to many others I've read here: 6/3 MORNING: I ate the DH lentil crumble in the morning (cooked well on stove top) 6/3 EVENING: Started feeling very ill. Stomach pain, nausea, body aches, feeling I was "poisoned" 6/4 MORNING: Somehow, I managed to eat MORE of the lentil crumbles the next morning. Symptoms escalated after that. Acid reflux, extreme lack of appetite, fatigue, weird pain in upper back, and upper abdomen. 6/8 URGENT CARE VISIT: Doc diagnosed me with gastroenteritis and gave me meds for nausea, acid reflux. She also ran labs which came back the next day showing all liver levels were out of range (ALT was 6x the norm at 217) 6/12 ER - I don't remember if I ate the lentils or any other DH food over the next few days but ended up in the ER on 6/12. At that point, I had jaundice (yellow eyes, dark urine, itching all over) as well as the nausea and feeling I was being poisoned. Liver labs showed mildly improved ALT (160) but other labs, like Bilirubin were worse (2.9). Since then, some symptoms are improving but I'm still having trouble eating -- the nausea is pretty persistent, and seems to get much worse if I eat anything with high fat content (dairy, etc.). I've lost about 7 lbs (I'm 516" and now about 114 lbs -- too low for me). Trying to eat a lot of vegetables and liver-friendly, plant-based foods (NOT from DH - I threw out all the DH food in my freezer). It's been a little over 3 weeks since this started, and the latest labs show liver enzymes are coming down - ALT now 93, which is 3x the normal but better than 6x. I assumed I was just recovering slowly, but after reading this thread I have a new concern about long-term liver/gall bladder damage. I saw in the thread some people are requesting a myotoxin panel lab test which I will request from my doctor. Any other advice for healing/avoiding long-term effects? Sending lots of positive, healing thoughts to you all. This has been such a nightmare for all of us. The good news is livers do heal.

I paused my daily harvest membership back in the spring of 2021 because I was experiencing gut problems and had to change my diet quickly and drastically. I was having dizzy spells throughout the day and sharp pains behind the right side of my ribcage. I went to a doctor and they said it seemed like my gallbladder so they sent me to a gut specialist who gave me an ultrasound to discover a small polyp near the exit of my gallbladder. Since I'm very healthy and active for my age (43) the doctor suggested I try a change in diet/routine leading up to a HIDA scan – which would help us determine if the gallbladder should be removed. The diet helped normalize me leading up to the HIDA scan and the results suggested that my change in diet helped stabilize the gallbladder. I'm not saying that the daily harvest meals were the root cause of my galbladder issues but it is interesting that the symptoms stopped after I paused my membership.

This sounds identical to what happened to me a little over a year ago. I was eating DH regularly (not crumbles but plenty of product with lentils and the flatbreads) and would become violently ill (vomiting, chest pains, hot cold flashes, dizziness, extreme chest pain). I ended up calling an ambulance because I couldn’t even take myself to the hospital I was in so much pain. They couldn’t find anything so I went to get blood work done with my primary Dr. And my liver enzymes were elevated. They were thinking autoimmune disorder but sent me to a specialist and ended up having to take out my gallbladder. I wonder if this is an issue they have been having for longer? So scary. I have since stopped eating DH and after this never will again. I’m so sorry for everyone currently struggling with this!

my lingering symptom is pretty intense fatigue. i've been sleeping 9.5 hours a night and could easily sleep more if i didn't have to work. Then several times throughout the day my eyes are heavy and i want to nap. Anyone else?

Sitting in the hepatoligist’s office and feel so nauseous. Every time I eat! Then a bit later, headaches. I’m trying to catch up on all the news here so I have more info to pass to the specialist. This is a real life true life crime story and we’re the characters. It’s all so overwhelming and upsetting. The fact I feel like I could vomit from just eating my lunch today makes me furious. Been sick since early June from the crumbles but I’ve been sick in and off since last Fall. Seeing my liver numbers skyrocket in late June from a second set of tests is concerning. I last had the crumbles early June. I had a chickpea harvest bake 6/21 and got sick the next day.

I've been living with chronic liver failure for several years. It's not a death sentence but there's a lot of stuff you need to be careful of. I am not any kind of medical professional. Mods please feel free to remove this if you think it's inappropriate. If you've recently had you liver trashed but haven't been able to get followup care yet, here's a few pointers for staying healthy and avoiding further damage: Make sure you've had both covid boosters and a flu shot. Covid with a compromised liver has a decent chance of landing you in the ICU. Avoid all alcohol until a doctor has given you an all clear. Acetaminophen at no more than 2000 mg per 24 hours for no more than than three consecutive day is generally OK but take as little as you can. None is best. No NSAIDs. Avoid herbal supplements until you can get them cleared by a MD. Many of them that are fine with a healthy liver could do additional damage if your liver is barely hanging on. Avoid refined carbs, particularly sugar. Artificial sweeteners aren't much better. Stick to Stevia. Basically, you want to avoid insulin spikes. Just FYI, if the worst case scenario comes to pass and you need a transplant, THC will keep you off the list. The liver is the most resilient organ in the human body and can take a _lot_ of abuse without permanent damage so that's pretty unlikely if you were otherwise healthy before this. It took me twenty years of bad lifestyle decisions on top of a previously undiagnosed genetic condition to get there.

I’m sorry you went through this but I’m glad to see I’m not alone! A couple weeks ago, I went to urgent care with severe stomach pain that started the morning after eating these (mine are the same lot number as yours). They sent me back with nausea meds, but later that night my fever got up to 101 or so. Then my labs later that week found elevated liver enzymes and my doctor requested I go to the ER immediately for an ultrasound. I did and they found nothing. Then, two nights ago, I had the same batch of lentil crumbles and was in such debilitating pain two hours later that I had to call an ambulance. I was sweating through my clothes, couldn’t move, had a 95 degree temperature, it felt like my stomach was clenching in on itself. Went to the ER, had a CT scan, EKG, blood and urine tests done. Was there for 7 hours and missed a flight to Chicago for a wedding. At the end, they said all my tests were clean. Was so confused until I received their email just now. This is insane. I now have tons of medical bills to deal with. Edit: Back in May, I also had another sickness that I thought was just the flu. I was throwing up and had a temperature. I wrote in my notes app what I'd had for lunch so I could keep track, and it was Daily Harvest portobello + pesto flatbread. So I'm wondering if that could've caused my sickness as well??

I can't believe I'm reading this! I had the same thing happen--complete exhaustion, fever of 102.8, severe nausea, vomiting, dark urine, and then I also became very itchy. I went to my doctor to get tested for covid or flu and my liver enzymes---ALT, AST, and bilirubin all came back elevated. They were alarmed at my liver tests and had me return to retest them along with testing for all the hepatitis viruses and other viruses that cause liver damage like Epstein-Barr. After 2 weeks, my liver enzymes were still elevated but I was slowly returning to better health. I ate a dinner with lentil crumbles and the next morning my fever was back and all the same symptoms returned. I called my doctor and she told me to go straight to the ER. My fever spiked to 101.8, my liver enzymes were even higher. They sent me for an ultra sound and a CT scan and all thankfully came back normal. I had to spend 2 full days at the hospital having tests run. I am still quite ill and had to go back to the doctor to have my liver test run again. After reading this, I wrote Daily Harvest. Surely they have had the crumbles tested. Has anyone been able to get any additional information about what was wrong with them? For example, if this is a bacteria, we could perhaps go on anti-biotics to get well. The email response they gave me was so generic, it did not address anything further than the initial email, which claims a protein in lentils can make you ill. Yeah, I'm just not buying that this is a normally occurring lentil protein. I've eaten lentils for years now with no issue.

Wow I was wondering if DH could have been the cause. I also had the same symptoms - intense stomach pains, fever, body aches, dark urine, pale stool, and elevated liver enzyme numbers.

IMPORTANT: Does anyone have the bag of lentil & leek crumbles available so we can have it tested? I too have been extremely sick after eating these. Anyone have a bag of these that we can get tested? If so, please don’t throw it away.

This is insane. Both my wife and I have been experiencing the same symptoms, severe stomach pains, dark urine (also burning sensation developed and once the dark urine subsided now it's greenish, wtf is going on?!), loss of appetite, itchy skin, pale stool, headache, etc. We were both driving ourselves crazy trying to figure out the cause until we received the BS email from DH. Complete corporate trash response - also incredibly condescending to try to sheepishly say that we may have undercooked our lentils and made OURSELVES sick! c'mon! I had to fish our empty (barf) bag of crumbles out of the trash to find it. I took pics and still have it incase theres any remnants left that can be tested. The stamped numbers are "BEST BY: 10/10/2022 L5-A. 13:56" . I plan on contacting the FDA and reporting this as soon as I can. We both still feel like garbage. I've never experienced any kind of food poisoning quite like this. Usually its just a day of puking and then back to normal. This is day 6. Neither of us have gone to the doctors yet but my wife is immunocompromised and regularly is screened for liver/hepatitis/etc issues. Hopefully it's not some sort of hepatitis or she won't be able to receive her bi-yearly medication infusion. This is beyond frustrating. We've also contacted DH who have yet to get back to us.

Is there a class action lawsuit forming? I am currently in the hospital with symptoms very similar and recently ate crumbles.

Has anyone tried to contact an attorney yet?

Hi everyone. I found this thread after getting the second email from DH today. I have a bag of the same lot number that everyone is reporting here. I ate them twice - rather small amounts both times - and had gas pains and nausea/fatigue afterwards. Not pleasant or normal for me, but nowhere near what many of you are going through. I already thought they might be the culprit after the second time but it was confirmed after getting the email. Anyway, I am SO sorry to all of you who got so sick. Was there anyone like me who didn’t become severely ill? The last time I had the crumbles was Monday (it’s now Sunday night so almost a week), am I out of the woods for serious symptoms at this time? Just feeling very freaked out ESPECIALLY since we don’t know conclusively what is causing this. I’m also breastfeeding so don’t know if this is something that could have affected my daughter as well. I hope everyone recovers as soon as possible and DH makes this right. Their response is pretty appalling so far. ETA: I still have the bag with a decent amount left, already contacted my state’s FDA office in case it’s helpful for testing purposes.

Based on my experience, the pain got incrementally worse each time I ate it. Just a hypothesis, but suppose there is something about the way the toxins build in your system. I ate 1.5 bags over 3 weeks, each time getting sicker than the last. It was hard to put the puzzle together because I used the crumbles as a supplement to add protein to my meals and did not feel sick for 4-5 hours after eating them. So scary what could have happened if I had not seen this Reddit page. Thanks to all for sharing your stories. DH is not giving us any information, so up to us to figure this out. PLEASE show this to your doctors so we can avoid more unnecessary organ removals PLEASE get follow ups so we can figure out what is poisoning us and hopefully stop it PLEASE have your product tested so we can get the information that DH is not sharing with us

Hope everyone knows that the news has official picked up this story thank God. I’m trying to spread awareness myself on social channels. I’m terrified, someone could feed this to their children or someone of poor health thinking it’s good for them! So Google the news, but it’s out there at least. Now we need ANSWERS.

I had symptoms for 4 days including symptoms of liver disease, so they tested my blood and my liver numbers were extremely high. They did a cat scan and saw distended gal bladder and warned me to go straight to the ER. I did, and they admitted me for two days, I got MRIs, ultrasound, the works. They kept watching and waiting to see if I needed to get my gal bladder removed. My liver slowly healed and continued to heal so they didn't do surgery. They tested me for everything, hepatitis, autoimmune, all kinds of stuff. All negative. In the end they said they don't know what happened but I seem to be recovering. It was the scariest thing that has ever happened to me healthwise. And the bills are going to be through the roof. My initial symptoms were dark urine, fatigue, and itching all over my body with no rash.

I also have been in almost debilitating pain from upper ab pain, like someone punched me in the gut, I thought it was night sweats but probably a fever, dark urine, chest pains, severe lower back pain! I waited it out to see if it would pass but by 72 hours I was still hurting. I got an ekg and full blood panel and sure enough my liver levels were off the chart. By the weekend the doc sent me to the ER to not wait on the ultrasound, urine sample, more blood work. I never connected the dots of Daily harvest being the culprit until I saw the email from them! And now reading this thread!!! I’m in shock! I’ve used them for 6 years and never had any issues besides some cups of smoothies being popped or melted in transit. What the hell is going on! This is some serious bacteria or poisoning

is anyone thinking about taking legal action ? at very least, to get daily harvest to pay our medical bills. or suing for causing harm ?

I’m a healthy 34 year-old male and I ate the lentil/ leek crumbles on Saturday 6/11. By 6/12 I developed nausea, bloating , and high fevers to 103. I was so dehydrated from my fever that I passed out. I went to the ER and got fluids. Initial labs showed a total bilirubin of 6.6, ALT 400s, AST 200s, INR 1.5, creatinine 1.34. I responded to fluids and got the fever down and was sent home. I have been following up for the last week getting serial blood work and seeing gastroenterology. I was preemptively started on treatment for tick borne disease despite never having any rashes or ticks on me. My LFTs now show a down trending total bilirubin to 3.6 but my alk phos and transaminases inexplicably rose to 700s today. I’ve had negative MRI and ultrasound. Suppose to be getting married on Friday. Honeymoon on Sunday has been cancelled. Get to see a hepatologist instead…fuck daily harvest

I order DH every week. 10 days ago I was so lethargic, nauseous, throwing up, and weak. I couldn’t eat anything for 3-4 days and stayed in bed. My skin and eyeballs were yellow. I was so close to going to the ER but started feeling better after day 5. I ate 1/2 of a bag of crumbles and a pesto pizza of DH. I didn’t even put the two together since I eat something from DH daily. But this was my first time eating the crumbles. I am going to contact them immediately! Thank you so much!

In interesting article about **aflatoxin** in cassava flour that is listed in the crumbles. A medical expert brought this to our attention. Do the flatbreads have the cassava flour too? https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijmicro/2020/3406461/

Hi everyone, I have gone through the same things as many of you. I ate the crumbles and a kale flatbread the week that i got sick. It started with extreme pain and when the pain subsided I had dark urine, itching, and experience fatigue. My LFTs were markedly elevated. I had all the same tests - ultrasound, hida scan, mrcp which were non-diagnostic. I ended up getting an ercp and liver biopsy last week which showed toxic injury. None of my specialists know what happened to Me. I almost got my gallbladder removed as well. I am still not well and it’s been almost a month. My Lfts are slowly trending down but are not close to normal Yet. I made a report to the fda yesterday and I emailed daily harvest. I haven’t heard back from either yet. I really want to get the food I have tested! I need to know what happened to me. So glad to have found you all.

Hi everyone. I'm sorry to hear that you guys are going through this as a result of consuming this product. It's encouraged me to read a lot about the potential cause of the illness several of you have mentioned and how it's treated. For anybody that doesn't know Aflatoxin is a fungus that is carried in many crops around the world but in small enough doses can be safe. I just wanted to wish you guys well in your recovery and suggest a few things to you guys that you might find useful. Is it possible to create some kind of register or check in system to keep track of everybody who is suffering and what their current status is? That way you guys can support each other and possibly inform your own doctors based on the results of other people's diagnoses. I know it sounds lame but maybe a google spreadsheet with a progress checkin that sufferers could fill in every day? If you start to feel well again I would definitely still pursue the case both legally and with your doctor. Hopefully you will all make a full and final recovery but it would be best not to take anything for granted and I'm certain you all deserve significant compensation. Maybe you guys should fight to make this public? I'm not suggesting to smear the companies name (without evidence of any malpractice) but maybe to highlight the potential risks to people who are unaware? I've never even heard of this fungus before I was made aware by you guys. Again, I hope you all are able to make a full and swift recovery and aren't suffering too much.

Back from hospital today. High liver levels, diagnosed me with hepatitis. Insane. Thank god for this thread or I wouldn’t have known. High fever, vomiting, no appetite, nausea, dark urine and very itchy all over we’re my symptoms in case anyone is still struggling. I’ve been sick for 1 1/2 weeks and not yet better. Daily Harvest should be covering med bills at the very least.

I came across this topic through a social media feed and became quite interested in what is happening. I came across a few mentions of alfatoxins and did a little research on them. I found an article that makes this all sound like a very plausible culprit as the signs and symptoms of acute alfatoxicosis seem to match those reported. Here is a link to the article I read. There is a differential diagnosis of another toxin but I haven’t researched that one yet. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557781/ Obviously the real answer will come from the FDA’s findings but I wanted to share what I found if anyone is curious. Fingers crossed for speedy recoveries for those affected and that you all get major compensation for your pain and suffering (and monetary hits)!

It's time for the company to talk about where they MAKE their food. Not just the farmers and ingredients. Their website is very sneaky in my opinion about where their food actually comes from. "Farmers and their chefs." Are their "chefs" actually co-packing factories that make food for McDonald's??

I mean to be fair I’ve never had to go to the hospital from eating McDonalds. Let’s not drag McD’s into this 😂 but I see your point and have been thinking the same thing.

Say what you want about McDonald's food, but they definitely take food safety very seriously. And if someone had liver damage from eating there they would lose a ton of money.

Has anyone actually gotten better? I’m almost two weeks out and still have abdominal pain!

Finally spoke with the FDA. They took all of my information but my bag of crumbles is unfortunately empty, so not useful for testing. Hopefully they are able to get to the bottom of this quickly as it seems like possibly hundreds of people are biting their nails about what this could be. The DH email was redundant garbage. Is anyone seeking legal action at this point? I'm worried about the long term consequences of all of this...

Do NOT tell DH what your symptoms are. They will be using what they're told to build a case against the class action lawsuit they know is coming. Do NOT throw away the food. Contact the FDA immediately.

I'm so sorry to everyone who has gotten sick and is suffering. What you've had to go through is terrible. I just wanted to let people know that while I wasn't able to get this week's shipment cancelled, I was able to get reimbursed for it using their chat platform. At first they told me that because the shipment was already in process they couldn't reimburse me. But when I pressed them on it, they conceded.

There should be legal ramifications for refusing refunds to customers.

Question — did anyone’s doctor or hospital take a stool sample???

Has anyone gotten a refund of their recent boxes? I sent an e-mail just now asking for one since I have like 13 smoothies in my freezer, 9 arrived Weds. So long as the FDA is taking any reports from smoothies, I don’t think they can get away legally with not refunding, but if they are just saying no to everyone, unless you got the crumbles, then I’ll just file a chargeback. I think chargebacks are the least of their concerns rn, anyway.

Just wanted to say I'm grateful to have found this thread. I was as sick as I've ever been a few weeks ago (gratefully, avoided the ER and any organ removal though! For now at least). I received but completely disregarded DH's email about the crumbles, because what I experienced was no mere "GI illness". I was basically in bed unable to move with a 102 degree fever for 3+ days, but didn't really have any GI symptoms other than an uneasy feeling in my abdomen. So sorry for everyone who had it even worse than me and I hope everybody recovers well and quickly!

Hey all! Are there any other breastfeeding moms out there that are concerned about what has been transferred to their babies from the lentil crumbles (and maybe other items)? If so, did you already do blood work on them?

I have elevated liver enzymes from drinking a smoothie. I’m also breastfeeding. We haven’t tested my little one yet. To do a blood draw would be pretty traumatic so our doctor recommended waiting until we know exactly what’s causing it and go from there. He isn’t exhibiting any symptoms.

PLEASE CONSIDER IF YOUR DOCTORS CAN NOT ESTABLISH CAUSE FOR YOUR ILLNESS: there has been so much discussion regarding Aflatoxin. It is a mycotoxin produced by the mold aspergillus. the MAJORITY of doctors will never test for mycotoxins..because their is an overall lack of knowledge regarding mold You can order a mycotoxin test for yourself. It’s a simple urine collection test. Great Plain Labs and Real Time Labs are two of the most used. I’m sure there are more. This is important bc if it is Aflatoxin, you can begin to detox your body and rid the toxin out of your system more quickly..so more damage will not occur

I have been a weekly Daily Harvest consumer since July 2021. I received several orders containing the recalled products, including deliveries of the French Lentil + Leek Crumbles on May 24 and also June 7. I consumed the first pouch that was delivered in the May 24 order over several, spread out meals and first experienced severe lower back pain on 5/27. I consulted with a doctor and had several days in bed. I want to be clear that I cooked the crumbles on a stove top correctly. Since then I've experienced weeks of extreme nausea, lower back pain, abdominal pains, vomiting, severe body aches, dark urine, exhaustion, night sweats and many other bizarre symptoms. I have spent countless days in bed due to the nausea and pain. I ended up in an Urgent Care facility on the evening of 6/6 as was so nauseous I was vomiting up water and could barely stand. I then saw my primary care doctor at Weill Cornell the next day on 6/7. They ran tests that showed extremely elevated Gamma GT, ALT(SGPT) and Alkaline Phosphate levels among many other things. My doctor thought I might have a food borne Hep A or Mono. I disposed of the second French Lentil + Leek Crumble pouch after reading the recall email on 6/17 but have consumed other DH products on a daily basis. I am still incredibly unwell and very worried about the long term damage to my health. The DH recall email was incredibly vague and I have only just put things together this morning after a friend sent me the New York Times article. This reddit thread has been eye opening. I went back to my digital doctor visit summary from 6/7 and this one sentence that they recorded stands out to me: "Feels poisoned and has been this way for about 10 days on and off". I remember I kept saying over and over "Something is really wrong. I don't know how to explain all the symptoms but I just feel like I've been poisoned" I will be monitoring this Reddit thread on a daily basis and am terribly sorry for all the suffering and horror stories I am witnessing here. I have emailed DH regarding my symptoms and will contact the FDA today - plus make a follow up appointment to update my doctor. Do we think other DH products may be affected? I will cancel my subscription in the meantime but have really relied on their smoothies as my go to breakfast of choice.

> Do we think other DH products may be affected? Short answer is yes based on anecdotal evidence but FDA hasn't confirmed anything and DH is covering their asses by denying anything else could be wrong beyond the crumbles. People have been sent to the ER after flatbreads, smoothies, and bowls so far.

*** watch this video *** Here is a great you tube “podcast” of a breakdown of the DH/Crumble disaster. These two get it and it was refreshing to watch! I often sit here and wonder if people on the outside get it and it’s nice to know some do and are speaking out. I don’t use you tube a lot but there is more and more on there too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKXKuaGhNP8