Cyclospora found at Mexican farm linked to lettuce outbreak, FDA says
Environmental tests found Cyclospora at two sites in the supply chain, and the FDA said all recalled lettuce tied to the outbreak is off the market.
- On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration concluded its investigation into a summer Cyclospora outbreak, linking illnesses to recalled shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico.
- During the probe, investigators found the Cyclospora parasite at Taylor Farms de Mexico's processing facility and at a lettuce farm in Mexico, with two environmental samples testing positive.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the outbreak over September 11, with 19,883 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis and two deaths reported by September 14.
- Confident that all recalled lettuce is off the market, the FDA announced a 10-point plan to prevent similar outbreaks ahead of the 2027 growing season, including expanded monitoring and grower outreach.
- Investigators could not definitively determine how contamination occurred, though the FDA traced lettuce to multiple Mexican farms and a processing facility supplied by Taylor Fresh Foods.
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On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported the detection of cyclospora at Taylor Farms' farm in Guanajuato.Inspectors of the agency found the parasite in two specific locations: a sewage tank and a drainage ditch.However, the FDA indicated that it is still unknown how the parasite arrived at the facilities and lettuce related to the outbreak of ciclosporiasis in the United States.Historical rupture of ciclosporiasis in the U…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported Friday that its inspectors detected cyclospora on the Mexican farm to which is attributed the largest outbreak of disease caused by that parasite in U.S. history.
This discovery provides strong evidence that the outbreak that sickened thousands of people during the summer originated in the fields or the company’s processing plant in northeastern Mexico.
FDA Ties Cyclospora Outbreak to Mexican Site, Ends Probe
A summer stomach bug that sickened thousands in the US has been traced back to a single source: shredded iceberg lettuce from a Taylor Farms de Mexico facility, regulators say. The FDA on Friday said it has wrapped its investigation into the multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak and found the cyclospora parasite...
Cyclospora found at Mexican farmed linked to lettuce outbreak, FDA say
FILE - This undated photo taken through a microscope and provided by the CDC shows Cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts found in a fresh stool sample which had been prepared with a formalin solution and stained with safranin. (CDC via AP, File)
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