First Cyclospora Lawsuit of the 2026 Outbreak Filed in Illinois. A Chicago Librarian Was in an Emergency Room the Day After CDC’s Health Advisory, and It Still Took Until August 4 to Find the Parasite.

First Cyclospora Lawsuit of the 2026 Outbreak Filed in Illinois. A Chicago Librarian Was in an Emergency Room the Day After CDC’s Health Advisory, and It Still Took Until August 4 to Find the Parasite.

by | Aug 22, 2026 | Law

Zaragoza and Sanchez v. Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc. and Taylor Farms California, Inc., No. 1:26-cv-10148, filed today in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, a state that now counts 1,437 illnesses of its own.CHICAGO — August 21,...
FDA Has Counted Fifty-Two American Sprout Outbreaks Since 1996 and More Than 2,700 Illnesses. Here Is a Thirty-Year Chart of the Big Ones — Twenty-Seven Outbreaks on Four Continents, 14,325 Confirmed Sick and at Least 57 Dead. Here Is What the Experts Have Been Saying, in Their Own Words, Since 1998.

FDA Has Counted Fifty-Two American Sprout Outbreaks Since 1996 and More Than 2,700 Illnesses. Here Is a Thirty-Year Chart of the Big Ones — Twenty-Seven Outbreaks on Four Continents, 14,325 Confirmed Sick and at Least 57 Dead. Here Is What the Experts Have Been Saying, in Their Own Words, Since 1998.

by | Aug 22, 2026 | Law

FDA’s own guidance to the sprout seed industry says the agency has observed 52 reported outbreaks of foodborne illness associated with contaminated sprouts in the United States between 1996 and 2020, together causing more than 2,700 illnesses. That is...