Produce Recall Issued In Parasite Outbreak Hitting MA

A recall on a popular brand of lettuce has been issued as the outbreak of the parasite cyclosporiasis continues in Massachusetts and across the country. It comes the same week as investigators found a potential link to Taco Bell.

Taylor Fresh Foods is voluntarily removing all of its iceberg lettuce from the United States and Mexico.

The FDA said that customers should also avoid eating any shredded lettuce from Taco Bell locations in five states: Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia.

"Additional states may be added to this advisory as more information becomes available," the FDA said in a statement Friday. "Taco Bell is working to stop use of all lettuce implicated by this investigation."

They added that not all Taco Bell locations in the impacted states received the product, but the warning applies to all locations.

Massachusetts has not been hit particularly hard as the outbreak has now grown to 31 states. The state has 18 confirmed cases.

There are 20 Taco Bell locations spread across the Bay State.

A number of Taco Bell locations have posted signs announcing they are "currently unable to sell Lettuce, Cilantro Onion, Pico de Gallo, and Guacamole due to a nationwide recall," according to Detroit-area news radio outlet WWJ.

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