Cyclospora outbreak linked to recalled iceberg lettuce tied to 3 more states, FDA says

August 27, 2026 / 7:42 PM EDT / CBS/AP

Parasitic illness cases linked to recalled iceberg lettuce have now been confirmed in 20 states, federal health officials said Thursday, expanding the scope of the largest outbreak of its kind in the U.S.

The Food and Drug Administration said government scientists have now identified cyclosporiasis cases in three additional states: Georgia, Tennessee and Texas. Other states impacted by the outbreak include Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

The tally of people sickened in the outbreak by the parasite cyclospora is now 11,458, the FDA said, up from about 10,900 reported last week. There have been two deaths linked to the outbreak, both reported in Michigan. The two residents had "significant underlying health conditions," the state's Department of Health and Human Services has said.

The FDA, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health officials have focused their investigation on lettuce grown at a farm in central Mexico operated by Taylor Farms, a major U.S. produce supplier. CBS News discovered that prior to the cyclosporiasis outbreak, the FDA last inspected its potential source, Taylor Farms…

Original source: https://www.cbsnews.com/moneywatch/