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E. coli in romaine lettuce. Salmonella in salad greens. The ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce is far from the first time leafy greens have been implicated in the spread of a foodborne illness. But what makes lettuce so susceptible to be a carrier of gut-churning pathogens?<\/p>\n

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As cyclosporiasis cases reach a record high in the U.S., here\u2019s why lettuce and other leafy greens are often a source of foodborne illness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-news"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy leafy greens are often a source of foodborne outbreaks - Trusted Moving Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3070\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why leafy greens are often a source of foodborne outbreaks - Trusted Moving Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As cyclosporiasis cases reach a record high in the U.S., here\u2019s why lettuce and other leafy greens are often a source of foodborne illness.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3070\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Trusted Moving Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-22T18:08:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=3070#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=3070\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98cd83efb686ecde03e082abca618eaa\"},\"headline\":\"Why leafy greens are often a source of foodborne outbreaks\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-22T18:08:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=3070\"},\"wordCount\":72,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=3070#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/63cc239b04d90d89522fcd118b934f8c.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Health news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=3070#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=3070\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=3070\",\"name\":\"Why leafy greens are often a source of foodborne outbreaks - 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