{"id":392521,"date":"2026-07-30T21:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/392521\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T21:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:00:10","slug":"what-lettuce-is-safe-to-eat-in-north-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/392521\/","title":{"rendered":"What lettuce is safe to eat in North Texas?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Avoid eating recalled lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico<\/a>, which includes Marketside-brand products sold at Walmart, as it may be contaminated with cyclospora.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Recalled products were distributed in several states, including Texas, starting June 29 through July 16. A full list of the affected products being recalled can be found on the Food and Drug Administration\u2019s website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention linked<\/a> the contaminated lettuce as the source of a cyclosporiasis outbreak spanning nine states<\/a> primarily in the Midwest. The outbreak in Texas is currently considered to be different, meaning its source may be different.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Several companies<\/a> growing or distributing lettuce said their products are safe to eat, including Little Leaf Farms and Gotham Greens.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Their products are grown in controlled greenhouse environments protected from outdoor conditions that can affect produce, according to their respective statements.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gotham Greens\u2019s products can be found at Kroger and Sprouts Farmers Market, while Walmart and Target carry products from Little Leaf Farms.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While some H-E-B salads include lettuce from Taylor Farms facilities, the company said in a July 23 social media post<\/a> they had not received any iceberg lettuce products included in the current recall.<\/p>\n

The CDC recommends following safe food handling practices and avoiding recalled foods.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you purchase lettuce, health experts<\/a> say to buy a whole head, peel off the exterior layers and wash it thoroughly. Previous cyclosporiasis outbreaks have been linked to basil, cilantro, lettuce, raspberries and snow peas, according to the FDA.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While the CDC encourages<\/a> washing foods, it will not necessarily remove the parasite. However, cooking foods to at least 158 degrees can kill the parasite.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Avoid eating recalled lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico, which includes Marketside-brand products sold at Walmart, as it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,9080,132415,132416,859,17921,27,29,28,88032,114101],"class_list":["post-392521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-food","tag-heb","tag-news-healthy-living","tag-news-public-health","tag-public-health","tag-service","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tp-dallas-fortworth","tag-tp-grocery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}