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Taylor Farms expands lettuce recall to 27 states
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Key Points:
- Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico due to a potential link to a multistate cyclospora outbreak affecting 27 states, including Texas, Florida, and Pennsylvania.
- The recall involves 25 shredded lettuce and salad mix products under eight brand codes, with shipments as recent as Thursday and "best by" dates up to August 3; Taylor Farms has ceased sourcing lettuce from the implicated lot.
- Sysco, the largest U.S. food distributor, has stopped distributing all Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce from Mexico and instructed customers to destroy existing products.
- Cyclospora, a parasite causing severe intestinal illness, has sickened at least 1,645 people and hospitalized 141 in the U.S. so far in 2026, with over 5,000 additional cases under investigation.
- Taco Bell has voluntarily removed the implicated shredded lettuce from restaurants in five Midwestern states and eliminated the contaminated ingredient from its nationwide supply chain.
