CDC Expands Cyclospora Outbreak to 9 States as 1,947 Cases Tie to Taylor Farms Lettuce
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Updated · CNN · Jul 24
CDC Expands Cyclospora Outbreak to 9 States as 1,947 Cases Tie to Taylor Farms Lettuce
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Jul 24
Summary
Four more states — Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania — were added to the CDC’s outbreak map, bringing the Taco Bell-linked Cyclospora investigation to nine states.
CDC said patient interviews and traceback data still point to contaminated iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico as the likely source, with illnesses starting June 22 and continuing through July 20.
1,947 infected people in the nine-state cluster reported eating at Taco Bell, while health departments in those states have logged more than 12,000 Cyclosporiasis cases this summer, most in Michigan.
Taylor Farms has recalled shredded lettuce processed in central Mexico and shipped to restaurants, food-service operators and retailers in 27 states as FDA and Mexican authorities investigate the contamination.
Cyclospora cases have surfaced in dozens of states this summer, and CDC says not all clusters share the same source; symptoms can take up to two weeks to appear.