Mexico’s health ministry announced that results of its studies of lettuce and water samples from U.S. supplier Taylor Farms were negative for cyclospora. The analysis, which used standard molecular methods via real-time PCR, found no Cyclospora cayetanensis in all 10 samples of raw materials and finished products.
U.S. health authorities have linked an outbreak of cyclosporiasis, which causes severe diarrhea, to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell restaurants in some states. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said traceback evidence points to Taylor Farms products from Central Mexico.
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