Taylor Farms pulls iceberg lettuce from the US market after cyclosporiasis outbreak

Agriculture – Harvested Iceberg lettuce / Santa Maria, California, USA. (Photo by: Tony Hertz /Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Food producer Taylor Farms released a statement on the Cyclospora outbreak Friday, confirming that it’s « voluntarily removing all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico from the US market. » Reuters reports that, according to a source, Taylor Farms told customers like Yum Brands owner Taco Bell and the food distributor Sysco on Thursday to pull shredded lettuce that had been produced initially as 5-pound bags at a facility in Guanajuato, Mexico, from distribution.

Taco Bell said on Thursday that « The affected ingredient from our supplier is being indefinitely removed from our supply chain nationwide and will be replaced within 24 hours …

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