Taco Bell lettuce supplier faces FDA, CDC scrutiny as cyclospora outbreak sickens thousands

In the middle of summer, a microscopic parasite traced to a single produce supplier quietly traveled through the American food chain, turning an ordinary fast-food meal into a public health crisis for thousands. More than 6,000 people across the United States fell ill with cyclosporiasis after consuming shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms to Taco Bell restaurants, with nearly 200 requiring hospitalization. The outbreak, now confirmed in at least 34 states, reminds us how profoundly interconnected our food systems have become — and how swiftly a vulnerability at one point in that