Mexico Says There's No Evidence Its Lettuce Started Cyclospora Outbreak
Mexico says a false-positive FDA sample does not prove Taylor Farms lettuce caused the outbreak that sickened 1,645 people in 34 states.
- On Tuesday, federal health officials began investigating whether iceberg lettuce from California-based Taylor Farms caused a nationwide Cyclospora outbreak, prompting the company to issue a voluntary recall for products produced in Central Mexico.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 1,645 people have been sickened by cyclosporiasis across 34 states in the United States, with 141 hospitalizations resulting from the outbreak.
- Although the FDA issued a statement on Sunday revealing a sample of iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms that tested positive for cyclosporiasis was a false positive, the product was sold in 27 states.
- Mexico's health minister, David Kershenobich, is pushing back against claims that lettuce sourced from his country caused the outbreak, telling Reuters that no evidence indicates the illness originated at their Central Mexico plant.
- Ongoing investigations into the outbreak have yet to confirm a definitive source, as health officials continue to assess whether lettuce from the Central Mexico plant is responsible for the nationwide health crisis.
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Cyclospora and explosive diarrhea: what we need to know about the three cases detected in Mexico and the outbreak in the United States The Secretary of Health dismisses an outbreak in the national territory and confirms that Mexico collaborates with the United States to determine the origin of the infection, which reaches record levels in that country By: Elisa Villa Román Article Published by El País The Government of Mexico confirmed on Tuesda…
In the USA, there are more cases of cyclosporiasis. Infestation with the parasite cyclospora causes diarrhea in affected patients. The US authorities have not yet been able to find the cause of the infections.
The Secretary of Health rules out an outbreak in the country and confirms that Mexico is collaborating with the US to determine the origin of the infection, which is reaching record levels in that country.
By Uriel Blanco, CNN en Español. Mexican health authorities confirmed on Tuesday that three cases of severe diarrhea linked to cyclospora, a parasite that has caused thousands of cases in the United States, have been registered, while ruling out an outbreak in the country. Despite confirming the cases, Mexico's Health Secretary, David Kershenobich, said that at the moment "we have no evidence" that the current outbreak in the U.S. originated in …
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