Taylor Farms to Remove Products After Lettuce Is Linked to Cyclospora Cases

Taylor Farms, one of the nation’s largest producers of leafy greens and fresh vegetables, said on Friday that it would remove its products at the center of a cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened more than 1,600 people.

Based in California, the family-owned company is in the spotlight after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention linked an outbreak of cyclosporiasis to iceberg lettuce that Taylor Farms supplied to certain Taco Bell restaurants, according to two federal officials who declined to be named Thursday night.

The company said in an email Friday that it had “promptly initiated a voluntary removal of product” based on information provided by the Food and Drug Administration this week. “We are committed to taking proactive actions,” the company said.

Taylor Farms was founded in 1995 by Bruce Taylor, the third generation of an agricultural family in California’s Salinas Valley, the so-called salad bowl of the world.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/business/cyclospora-taylor-farms-lettuce.html