FDA issues urgent warning: Don't eat Taco Bell lettuce in 5 states

Source: Detroit Free Press



Kristen Jordan Shamus Updated Thu, July 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM CDT


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an urgent update to its investigation of a widespread outbreak of cyclosporiasis late in the evening of Thursday, July 16, warning people in five states to avoid eating lettuce from Taco Bell restaurants.

"Consumers should avoid eating shredded iceberg lettuce from Mexico at Taco Bell locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia," the federal agency said on its website, adding that its search remains ongoing into potential sources of the parasitic gastrointestinal illness that has infected more than 4,000 people in Michigan alone — and thousands of others nationally.

"Additional states may be added to this advisory as more information becomes available," the FDA said. "Taco Bell is working to stop use of all lettuce implicated by this investigation. Not all Taco Bell locations in these states received implicated product."

Public health investigators have epidemiologically tied infections in 1,644 people in those five states after exposure to food from Taco Bell, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is working in collaboration with the FDA and state and local health departments.

The illnesses all began between May 13 and July 13. Among them, 94 people were hospitalized.


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FDA issues urgent warning: Don't eat Taco Bell lettuce in 5 states

In Michigan alone, 4,312 people have been sickened since June 22, and more than 100 people have been hospitalized. Cases also have been reported in 33 other states nationally,

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