How the explosive diarrhea outbreak is rattling restaurants across America
- Restaurants that rely heavily on lettuce are facing a double blow this year, with soaring prices colliding with a nationwide Cyclospora outbreak that has sickened thousands of people.
- The outbreak, which began in late June, was initially linked by federal health officials to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell restaurants in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
- The Food and Drug Administration later expanded the list to include Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania as investigators traced the outbreak further.
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- Restaurants that rely heavily on lettuce are facing a double blow this year, with soaring prices colliding with a nationwide Cyclospora outbreak that has sickened thousands of people.
- The outbreak, which began in late June, was initially linked by federal health officials to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell restaurants in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
- The Food and Drug Administration later expanded the list to include Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania as investigators traced the outbreak further.
Sources: The Independent