Cyclosporiasis outbreak: Taylor Farms recalling all central Mexico iceberg lettuce from US market

ByYouri Benadjaoud ABCNews logo
Friday, July 17, 2026 7:30PM
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Taylor Farms said Friday that it is voluntarily removing all iceberg lettuce sourced at a central Mexico farm from the United States market.

"While the FDA traceback is indicating a specific independent farm, which represents less than 1% of the U.S.'s iceberg lettuce supply, as the potential source of the outbreak, we have removed all iceberg lettuce from the region indefinitely," a Taylor Fresh Foods spokesperson said.

FILE - A farm workers walks at a Taylor Farms plantation in the town of Doctor Mora, on the central state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Wednesday, March 26, 2008.
FILE - A farm workers walks at a Taylor Farms plantation in the town of Doctor Mora, on the central state of Guanajuato, Mexico, Wednesday, March 26, 2008.
Photo/Guillermo Arias

"No other Taylor Fresh Foods products across the country are impacted. No Taylor Farms branded salad kits contain iceberg lettuce," the spokesperson said.

Recent cases of the intestinal illness cyclosporiasis have been linked to shredded iceberg lettuce served at some Taco Bell locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.

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