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Lettuce Recall Sparks Cyclospora Alarm | Lexington News
Taylor Farms is urgently expanding its recall of iceberg lettuce after linking it to a growing cyclospora outbreak sickening over 1,600 people nationwide—with more than 100 hospitalized. The contamination likely stems from water used to irrigate or wash lettuce from a central Mexico supplier, now suspended by the company. Affected products reached 27 states, and Taco Bell has pulled the tainted ingredients from all locations after detecting the parasite in food served in five Midwestern states. Health officials warn this parasite, spread through contaminated water, is especially dangerous—and…
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