{"id":3022,"date":"2026-07-21T22:10:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3022"},"modified":"2026-07-21T22:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:10:40","slug":"rfk-jr-says-cyclosporiasis-outbreak-is-under-control-as-mexico-casts-doubt-on-link-to-taylor-farms-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3022","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. says cyclosporiasis outbreak is \u2018under control\u2019 as Mexico casts doubt on link to Taylor Farms facility"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday the cyclosporiasis outbreak was \u201cunder control\u201d even as health authorities continue to search for answers about why thousands of people in the U.S. have gotten sick. <\/p>\n

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The Food and Drug Administration has linked the outbreak, which mainly causes severe diarrhea, to shredded iceberg lettuce from a Taylor Farms facility in central Mexico. <\/p>\n

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But Mexico\u2019s health secretary, David Kershenobich, said Tuesday at a news conference that the country\u2019s own investigation had not found evidence that the outbreak originated there.<\/p>\n

The parasite in question, cyclospora, is notoriously difficult to trace \u2014 scientists must use highly sensitive tests to detect it in food. People can also get sick weeks after having eaten contaminated products, so by the time health officials become aware of an outbreak, all of a product worth testing may have been eaten or discarded. <\/p>\n

Scientists rely heavily on information about who developed symptoms and what they ate to trace an outbreak to its source. A positive test result is not necessarily needed to determine the culprit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have done extensive forensics, epidemiological forensics, and we\u2019ve identified the source of the outbreak,\u201d Kennedy said Tuesday. <\/p>\n

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FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantas was less definitive in his description of the outbreak, telling Fox News on Tuesday that the data \u201cstrongly supports\u201d Taylor Farms as the responsible party.<\/p>\n

Diamantas said Monday on a media call that cases linked to the outbreak were identified as recently as last week, \u201cwhich means it\u2019s imperative for us to take action to ensure contaminated product is not making its way to the market.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, which has counted 6,571 cases in the state as of Tuesday, said on its website that other food items cannot be ruled out as potential sources of the outbreak, adding that \u201cno specific type of produce, grower, or supplier has been identified as the source.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor Farms voluntarily recalled all iceberg lettuce grown and processed in central Mexico on Friday out of what it described as \u201can abundance of caution.\u201d It has also stopped sourcing iceberg lettuce grown in central Mexico for the rest of the growing season.<\/p>\n

It supplied the recalled product to Taco Bell locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia, as well as selected Walmart locations across the country under the Marketside brand.<\/p>\n

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To date, no samples from the Taylor Farms facility in Mexico have tested positive for cyclospora \u2014 though the FDA reported one result over the weekend that turned out to be a false positive. <\/p>\n

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