How One Mexican Lettuce Plant Sickened 7,000 Americans Across 27 States

A Cyclospora outbreak has sickened nearly 7,000 people across 27 states. The source: 5-pound bags of pre-shredded iceberg lettuce processed at a single Taylor Farms facility in Guanajuato, Mexico, and distributed to Taco Bell locations nationwide. The centralized supply chain let contamination at one point reach consumers across dozens of states simultaneously.