No cyclospora outbreaks reported or tainted lettuce sold in Canada, officials say
Canadian officials say no cyclospora outbreaks have been reported and no implicated lettuce was distributed there, while U.S. investigators linked nearly 7,000 illnesses to the recall.
- Federal Canadian officials stated Friday that no Cyclospora outbreaks have occurred domestically and lettuce implicated in the U.S. outbreak was not distributed in Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency remains in contact with American counterparts.
- Nearly 7,000 potential illnesses since May have prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to link an outbreak to iceberg lettuce from Mexico served at Taco Bell in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia.
- Voluntarily removing affected iceberg lettuce from the market, California-based Taylor Fresh Foods identified a "specific independent farm" as the contamination source, prompting Taco Bell to switch to a different supplier.
- The CFIA continues to monitor the situation while reviewing information from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, though officials are not currently considering restrictions on fresh produce imports from the United States.
- While Canada reports no domestic cases, officials maintain surveillance due to seasonal infection patterns, noting the parasite requires 15 days outside the body to become infectious, which complicates contamination identification.
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University of Missouri pulls dining hall lettuce over cyclospora risk
The University of Missouri has pulled its dining hall lettuce for possible contamination with Cyclospora, the parasite causing thousands of cases of diarrhea across the United States. MU spokesperson Travis Zimpfer told ABC 17 in an email Saturday that there was a recall for the Cross Valley Farms-branded lettuce served at the university. The post University of Missouri pulls dining hall lettuce over cyclospora risk appeared first on ABC17NEWS.
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The Independent (US)Lettuce sold at Walmart included in Taylor Farms recall over cyclospora outbreak
Taylor Farms recalls lettuce shipped to 27 states, including Texas, over cyclospora risk
Taylor Farms has expanded a voluntary recall of its iceberg lettuce products sourced from central Mexico because of a potential link to the multistate cyclospora outbreak that has sickened people across the U.S. The California-based company said products with the…
The lettuce causing an epidemic of Cyclospora, a parasite causing "explosive" diarrhea in the United States, was not served in Canada.
Taco Bell in Canada states that the lettuce causing an epidemic of Cyclospora, a diarrheal parasite, in the United States has not been served in its facilities
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