CDC finds shredded lettuce behind Taco Bell-linked cyclospora outbreak

US health officials identified Taco Bell's shredded lettuce as the source of a Cyclospora outbreak.

This parasitic infection sickened over 1,600 people and led to 94 hospitalizations across five states.

Investigations traced the contaminated lettuce through the supply chain to a farm in central Mexico.

Taylor Farms voluntarily removed its iceberg lettuce from the US market and initiated a recall. ...