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Sources say shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and sold at some Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, according to reports.
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Sources say shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and sold at some Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, according to reports.
The FDA advised consumers in five states not to eat shredded iceberg lettuce from Mexico served at Taco Bell as the cyclosporiasis outbreak grows.
There have been 94 hospitalisations from the Cyclospora outbreak, and no deaths have been reported.
The CDC said more than 1,644 people infected with cyclosporiasis said they had eaten at Taco Bell locations in five states before falling ill.
Thousands of people have been sickened across five states.
The locations were in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia
Federal officials worked with Michigan investigators to trace the outbreak to iceberg lettuce, which may also have gone to other vendors.
Lettuce from one supplier is being removed indefinitely "out of an abundance of caution", the company says.
Lettuce supplied to Taco Bell restaurants by Taylor Farms has been linked to the cyclosporiasis outbreak affecting 34 states, according to multiple reports. Federal and Michigan officials h...
The US government is advising people in five states to avoid eating shredded iceberg lettuce from Taco Bell restaurants due to a diarrhoea outbreak that has infected more than 1,600 people.
The FDA is investigating iceberg lettuce supplied to Taco Bell by Taylor Farms as a potential source for the cyclosporiasis outbreak in five midwestern states. It's a parasite-borne illness...
Sources say shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and sold at some Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, according to reports.
Sources say shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and sold at some Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, according to reports.
Sources say shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and sold at some Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, according to reports.
Sources say shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and sold at some Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, according to reports.
Sources say shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and sold at some Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, according to reports.
Sources say shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and sold at some Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, according to reports.
Sources say shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and sold at some Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, according to reports.
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