{"id":359210,"date":"2026-07-31T19:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/359210\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:48:11","slug":"nearly-100-new-cyclospora-cases-reported-in-fl-in-one-week-data-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/359210\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 100 New Cyclospora Cases Reported In FL In One Week, Data Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How the Outbreak Started <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, federal officials announced that a five-state outbreak of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal infection, has been linked to shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Fresh Foods and used in Taco Bell menu items.<\/p>\n<p>The fast-food chain has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tacobell.com\/newsroom\/taco-bell-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">removed the affected lettuce<\/a> from its local restaurants and national supply chain, and Taylor Farms has issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/safety\/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts\/taylor-fresh-foods-recalls-iceberg-lettuce-central-mexico-because-possible-health-risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">nationwide recall of iceberg lettuce<\/a> sourced from Mexico. Sysco, the nation\u2019s largest food distributor, withdrew all Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce from Mexico at \u200bthe supplier&#8217;s request.<\/p>\n<p>On July 24, the Food and Drug Administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/food\/outbreaks-foodborne-illness\/investigation-9-state-outbreak-cyclospora-illnesses-iceberg-lettuce-july-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">expanded the number of states<\/a> with illnesses linked to the recalled Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce to include Kansas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. These states join the five other states \u2014 Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia \u2014 that have reported illnesses linked to the iceberg lettuce from central Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Though the FDA has said a lettuce sample provided by Taylor Farms recorded a &#8220;false positive\u201d for cyclospora, the company\u2019s recall remains in place. <\/p>\n<p>Several versions of its bagged shredded iceberg product distributed between June 29 through July 16 in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin are on the recall list, according to the FDA. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How the Outbreak Started Earlier this month, federal officials announced that a five-state outbreak of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-359210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}