As Americans cook their vegetables to at least 158°F to kill a diarrheal parasite that has sickened over 24,000 people […]
Category: cyclospora
Less than 2.5% of Taylor Farms’ recalled lettuce went to Taco Bells
Although shredded iceberg lettuce at Taco Bell restaurants has been a prime suspect in an explosive outbreak of the diarrheal […]
Weeks into explosive diarrhea outbreak, sluggish CDC plans response team
Michigan’s cases are linked to those in eight other states. FDA’s traceback investigations linked the cases in those nine states […]
Trump admin “aware” of deaths in explosive diarrhea outbreak, delays reporting
Two people have died amid the ongoing record-breaking outbreak of explosive diarrhea from the foodborne parasite Cyclospora, Michigan health officials […]
Epic diarrhea outbreak has 40% of Americans avoiding fruits and veggies
Last year, the FDA also announced that it was delaying a new rule on food traceability, which would have made […]
FDA reports new outbreak of explosive diarrhea with 72 cases identified
A recall Taylor Farms issued led to the removal of iceberg lettuce the company distributed to 27 states. But the […]
Confusion swirls on source of diarrhea outbreak, but it’s still Taylor Farms
Taylor Farms stirred confusion on FDA test and provided a vague recall list. Federal officials on Monday reaffirmed that iceberg […]
Taco Bell iceberg lettuce identified as source of cyclosporiasis in 5 states
Federal officials on Friday announced that shredded iceberg lettuce imported from Mexico and served at Taco Bell restaurants in five […]
Probe into explosive diarrheal cases points to Taco Bell and bad lettuce
While both the CDC and the FDA representatives were aware of reports linking the cases to salad greens and Taco […]
Michigan sees explosive outbreak of diarrheal parasite with over 700 cases
Cases of a diarrhea-causing intestinal parasite have exploded in Michigan over the last two weeks in an outbreak that still […]