{"id":5224,"date":"2026-07-23T12:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5224"},"modified":"2026-07-23T12:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:07:18","slug":"fda-is-investigating-another-cyclospora-parasite-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5224","title":{"rendered":"FDA is investigating another cyclospora parasite outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>By Daniela Sirtori and Jessica Nix, Bloomberg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The US Food and Drug Administration said it\u2019s investigating yet another outbreak of the diarrhea-causing cyclospora parasite, with 72 cases tied to an unknown source.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5222\">49ers need D-linemen who will complement Nick Bosa\u2019s ACL recovery<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The latest infections disclosed by the agency on Wednesday add to the surge of cases centered in the Midwest. Those were linked to Taylor Farms lettuce, and the company has recalled those products. The FDA already was investigating several other ongoing cyclospora clusters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0As parasite spawned chaos, Monterey County-based Taylor Farms slow-walked its response<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The outbreaks are roiling consumers and spooking investors. While the FDA said the latest outbreak hasn\u2019t been linked to an identifiable product, shares of Sweetgreen Inc. fell more than 13% at 3:25 p.m. in New York and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. fell more than 4% to a session low. Neither company has been linked to outbreaks to date.<\/p>\n<p>Yum! Brands Inc., whose Taco Bell chain was previously linked to the Taylor Farms cases, fell as much as 1.4%.<\/p>\n<p>Sweetgreen and Yum pared those losses by the close of trading, with Yum closing up slightly for the day.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5220\">Opinion: California schools are on the frontlines of fighting homelessness. Now they have funding.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The parasite is notoriously difficult to trace to a particular product or a source. A person typically develops symptoms up to two weeks after ingesting the parasite, long after receipts have been thrown away and potential clues to the cause of the disease have been forgotten.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The FDA\u2019s addition of a new outbreak leaves much to the imagination \u2014 there are no additional details about which states have been affected.<\/p>\n<p>Cyclospora cases rise every summer as the warmer season allows the parasite to thrive. Thousands of people have been infected across 41 states so far this summer, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 300 have been hospitalized, the public health agency said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>There are typically fewer than 100 cases nationwide for the entire year.<\/p>\n<p>The FDA previously linked a false positive lab test to Taylor Farms lettuce \u2014 stopping short of expanding the existing recall. However, the move did not clear the produce company from culpability. The agency\u2019s investigation with the CDC and state health departments found the majority of sick people had eaten at Taco Bell locations in the Midwest that sourced iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms. The company said it was \u201cvoluntarily removing all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The messaging and delays from Taylor Farms and the FDA sparked confusion among customers about what was safe to consume.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5218\">Drucker: Money isn\u2019t the root of all political evil<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More stories like this are available on bloomberg.com<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92026 Bloomberg L.P.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Food and Drug Administration said it\u2019s investigating yet another outbreak of the diarrhea-causing cyclospora parasite, with 72 cases tied to an unknown source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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