Taylor Farms Removes Iceberg Lettuce Sourced from Mexico Amid Cyclospora Outbreak

Taylor Farms de Mexico is voluntarily removing from its supply chain all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico following an FDA investigation linking shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia to a multistate Cyclospora outbreak that has sickened 1,644 people.

In a July 17 statement, Taylor Farms said the decision to remove the product is “based on information provided yesterday by the FDA.”

FDA and CDC have not publicly named Taylor Farms as the supplier linked to the outbreak, but multiple news outlets, including The Associated Press and The Washington Post, identified Salinas, Calif.-based Taylor Farms as the supplier in question, citing a federal official briefed on the investigation and individuals familiar with the inquiry.

Taylor Farms said in its statement that the FDA traceback indicates a specific independent farm that represents less than 1% of the U.S.’s iceberg lettuce supply as the potential source of the outbreak.

“We have removed all iceberg lettuce from the region indefinitely,” the company said.

The company asserted that no Taylor Farms-branded salads or kits are associated with the outbreak, and no Taylor Farms-branded salad kits contain iceberg lettuce.

Taylor Farms was previously identified as the supplier in the 2024 McDonald’s slivered onion E. coli outbreak, which sickened 104 and killed one, and was the subject of several lawsuits last year tied to a romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak that sickened 89 and killed one.