Source: Fortune
Summary
Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico due to a potential link to a multistate cyclospora outbreak. The products were shipped to 27 states, and the company has stopped sourcing lettuce from an implicated lot in central Mexico. The recall includes 25 shredded lettuce and salad mix products sold under eight different brand codes. Sysco, the nation’s largest food distributor, has halted distribution of all Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce products sourced from Mexico.
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Taylor Farms expands its recall, affecting 27 states and involving 25 products. The company’s move comes after U.S. health officials linked lettuce from a Mexican supplier to a cyclospora outbreak. Sysco halts distribution and instructs customers to destroy the products. Meanwhile, the CDC reports 1,645 cyclospora cases in the U.S. this year, with 141 hospitalizations. The situation is a familiar tale of supply chain disruption and consumer concern. “The parasite is in the produce, but the real issue is in the supply chain.”
Author: Evan Null
