Across more than thirty American states, a microscopic parasite has quietly moved through the food supply, surfacing now in numbers that exceed anything previously recorded. Federal health officials have traced one confirmed source to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell locations in five Midwestern states, supplied by a California-based company whose produce originated on a farm in central Mexico. Michigan alone has surpassed the entire nation's previous peak of cases, a sobering measure of how far a single contaminated ingredient can travel. The outbreak invites a deeper question abo
Taco Bell lettuce linked to cyclospora outbreak across five US states
Over 5,000 confirmed cases in Michigan alone with approximately 100 hospitalizations; additional 2,000+ probable cases across other states; widespread illness from diarrhea-causing parasite.