FDA Closes the Taylor Farms de Mexico Cyclospora Investigation at 12,883 Sick, 570 Hospitalized and Two Dead. Inspectors Found the Parasite in a Wastewater Tank at the Processing Plant and in a Grower’s Drainage Ditch, and FDA Still Cannot Say How It Got on the Lettuce.

FDA Closes the Taylor Farms de Mexico Cyclospora Investigation at 12,883 Sick, 570 Hospitalized and Two Dead. Inspectors Found the Parasite in a Wastewater Tank at the Processing Plant and in a Grower’s Drainage Ditch, and FDA Still Cannot Say How It Got on the Lettuce.

by | Oct 2, 2026 | Law

On October 2, 2026, the FDA concluded its investigation of the Cyclospora outbreak linked to shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico. The final federal count is 12,883 confirmed illnesses, 570 hospitalizations and two deaths in 21...