The illness giving thousands of American explosive diarrhea came from shredded iceberg lettuce.
Contaminated lettuce was served at Taco Bell locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. Paul Sancya/AP Photo/Paul Sancya
The Crunchwrap is not so supreme anymore.
The ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak has been traced back to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell locations in five states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced late Thursday.
The agency said the lettuce was served at Taco Bell locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. The announcement did not name the lettuce supplier, referring to it only as “a single supplier of iceberg lettuce from Mexico.”
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