The FDA and CDC are investigating Taco Bell’s lettuce supplier as consumers in four states are urged to avoid shredded lettuce.
A sample of shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico tested positive Cyclosporafederal health officials said as the company expanded a multi-state recall linked to a growing outbreak in several states.
The US Food and Drug Administration said the contaminated sample was collected through targeted import surveillance and was not part of the Taylor Farms business. current recall. The agency said the positive batch has been detained and the California-based produce company is working to determine if any of the mixed lettuce remains on sale or in consumers’ homes.
The positive test result comes after Taylor Farms announced a voluntary recall of iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico, while removing all such lettuce from the US market due to possible Cyclospora contamination.
“We are actively removing the affected products,” Taylor Farms said in a statement about the recall. “The company has stopped receiving product from the affected batch, suspended the distribution of iceberg lettuce from Central Mexico, notified our customers, and we continue to work with the FDA, CDC and state authorities.”
TAYLOR FARMS PREPARING A RECALL, DEFROSTING SALADS RELATED TO OUTBREAK
Packages of Taylor Farms salad greens are displayed at a Safeway store in Kings Beach, California on July 16, 2026. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/Getty Images)
The recall covers 12- and 24-ounce bags of Marketside iceberg lettuce and 8- and 16-ounce bags of Marketside iceberg lettuce distributed between June 29 and July 16, with “best before” dates from July 18 to August 3, the FDA said. The recall also includes many products distributed to food service customers.
The affected lettuce was distributed in 27 states. The recall follows an announcement from the FDA on Thursday Taco Bell to stop using lettuce from a supplier linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis that sickened 1,644 people and hospitalized 94 in five states. There are no deaths.
Taco Bell said it voluntarily removed potentially contaminated lettuce from a supplier in select states where the illnesses were reported.
The FDA said Taco Bell will stop using lettuce from a supplier linked to an outbreak of cyclosporiasis in several states. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Taylor Farms previously said its brand salad products were not linked to the outbreak.
In a statement posted on Instagram Friday, the company reiterated that none of its branded lettuce kits were involved and said it had voluntarily removed iceberg lettuce sourced through its Taylor Farms de Mexico facility after receiving information from the FDA.
The FDA announced its investigation into Taylor Farms de Mexico as the supplier of shredded iceberg lettuce used at Taco Bell restaurants, where infected customers reported eating it before becoming ill. The agency said not every Taco Bell restaurant in the five states received lettuce from the supplier.
FDA SAYS TACO BELL TO STOP USING LETTUCE SUPPLIER LINKED TO MULTI-STATE PARASITE OUTBREAK
Packages of Taylor Farms salad greens are displayed at a Safeway store in Kings Beach, California on July 16, 2026. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/Getty Images)
The agency is investigating the illnesses in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia and has advised consumers in those states not to eat the shredded iceberg lettuce from Mexico served at Taco Bell. restaurants.
Cyclospora is a microscopic parasite that can cause severe diarrhea, nausea, stomach cramps, fatigue and other gastrointestinal symptoms, according to the FDA.
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The agency urged anyone who purchased the recalled lettuce to immediately throw it away or return it to the place of purchase for a refund.
FOX Business’ Brittany Miller contributed to this report.