Salmonella, cyclosporiasis cases spark foodborne illness concerns
Recent salmonella and cyclosporiasis cases across the country are sparking concerns about foodborne illnesses. Bradley Blackburn reports.
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Recent salmonella and cyclosporiasis cases across the country are sparking concerns about foodborne illnesses. Bradley Blackburn reports.
Two Michigan residents died after contracting the parasite. The state's health department said they had "significant underlying health conditions," which may have been impacted by the illness and dehydration.
Food safety experts say cuts to the public health system hobbled the response — and that the next outbreak could be much worse.
Federal health officials said they've identified a new outbreak of the cyclospora parasite, but the source hasn't been specified.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
The FDA said that as of Sunday, it had not found any "confirmed positive sample results for product testing" in the cyclosporiasis outbreak.
The suspected culprit was lettuce from Taylor Farms, but now the FDA says its test of products from that farm produced a false positive. CBS News New York's Vanessa Murdock reports.
A sample of lettuce from Taylor Farms that had tested positive for cyclospora was a false positive, the Food and Drug Administration said Sunday.
More than 6,700 people have now been sickened by lettuce linked to a multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak. The affected produce has been traced to California-based Taylor Farms, used by Taco Bell. Ian Lee reports.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Farmers in New Jersey say the cyclosporiasis outbreaks across the country are providing an opportunity to get to know your local farmer.
New Jersey farmers are reminding everyone produce grown on local farms is not linked to the cyclosporiasis outbreak in the United States. CBS News New York's Christine Sloan reports.
The FDA may be zeroing in on a supplier of lettuce from Mexico called Taylor Farms, a source told CBS News.
The source said a traceback investigation by the Food and Drug Administration identified a single supplier of iceberg lettuce from Mexico, Taylor Farms. CBS News New York's Christina Fan reports.
A lettuce supplier is being investigated as a possible source for a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, a source familiar with the investigation told CBS News on Thursday.
A Queens man says he had trouble eating and drinking while suffering from cyclosporiasis.
There have been 517 reported cases of the parasitic infection cyclosporiasis across New York state since May, and nearly 400 of them are in New York City, health officials say. CBS News New York's Jenna DeAngelis reports.
New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin spoke to CBS News New York's Jessica Moore about the Upper East Side Legionnaires' disease cluster and cyclosporiasis.
