This As They Told Essay is based on a conversation with Dr. Stephen Chang, gastroenterologist and interim director of endoscopy at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and assistant professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Since the cyclospora outbreak, my family has not changed what
Taylor Farms, a lettuce supplier to Taco Bell, has been linked to a cyclosporiasis outbreak in five states. Taylor Farms, founded by Bruce Taylor and several partners in 1995, is a California-based fresh produce company that has grown into a multimillion-dollar company with more than 24,000 employees and 22 production facilities throughout North America. The
They found it: guilty lettuce. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday linked shredded iceberg lettuce supplied to Taco Bell restaurants in five states to an ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak, according to a person familiar with the matter. Specifically, shredded lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and served at Taco Bell locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan,
