Taylor Farms, allegedly tied to cyclosporiasis, sells to Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, Amazon Fresh

 The produce supplier allegedly linked to an outbreak of cyclosporiasis that has sickened hundreds across at least five states also sells products at a number of retailers.

California-based Taylor Farms’ produce is sold at Target, Whole Foods, Walmart, and Amazon Fresh, among other stores, according to its website.

However, Taylor Fresh Foods confirmed in a statement Friday afternoon that “no Taylor Farms branded salads or kits are associated with this outbreak” and that “no Taylor Farms branded salad kits contain iceberg lettuce.”

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Taylor Farms’ produce is sold at Target, Whole Foods, Walmart and Amazon Fresh, according to its website, among other stores.AFP via Getty Images

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Taylor Farms produce is sold at a number of grocery stores.Getty Images
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration and public health officials are currently investigating the outbreak “linked to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell locations in 5 states,” according to the CDC’s website.

“FDA’s traceback investigation has identified a single supplier of iceberg lettuce from Mexico used by these Taco Bell locations,” the site reads.

“Do not eat shredded iceberg lettuce from Taco Bell locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia,” it emphatically states, noting that more than 1,644 sick people reported eating at Taco Bell in the five states.

The fast food joint has since voluntarily removed the potentially contaminated produce from its supply chain “indefinitely.”

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A map of the cyclosporiasis cases in the United States.CDC

“Taco Bell has taken precautionary action, and we encourage all relevant restaurants, retailers, and foodservice operators to do the same,” the restaurant said in a statement Thursday.

The CDC’s website also noted that the FDA “is working directly with the supplier to determine if contaminated shredded iceberg lettuce went to other places.”

The agencies didn’t identify the supplier, but two people familiar with the inquiry told the Washington Post, and a federal official told the Associated Press, that it was Taylor Farms.

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Director of Automated Harvest Equipment at Taylor Farms Chris Rotticci watches as a water jet harvester works rows of romaine lettuce near Soledad, California.REUTERS
“Based on information provided yesterday by the FDA, Taylor Farms de Mexico is voluntarily removing all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico,” Taylor Fresh Foods said in a statement Friday afternoon.

“While the FDA traceback is indicating a specific independent farm, which 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.”

Taylor Farms did not respond to The Post’s request for comment Friday morning. 

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