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CDC Expands Taco Bell Cyclospora Outbreak; FDA Recalls Mexican Lettuce

7/25/2026

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CDC says the cyclospora outbreak at Taco Bell now includes Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.
CDC logged 1,947 Taco Bell cases, 98 hospitalizations and no deaths, and over 4,100 confirmed cases in 41 states since May 1.
FDA recalled Taylor Farms lettuce from Mexico after Mexico’s ministry said the parasite was not found at the Guanajuato plant.
FDA opened a separate probe of 72 cyclospora illnesses with no product source identified.

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CDC says the cyclospora outbreak at Taco Bell now includes Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.
CDC logged 1,947 Taco Bell cases, 98 hospitalizations and no deaths, and over 4,100 confirmed cases in 41 states since May 1.
FDA recalled Taylor Farms lettuce from Mexico after Mexico’s ministry said the parasite was not found at the Guanajuato plant.
FDA opened a separate probe of 72 cyclospora illnesses with no product source identified.