Shredded iceberg lettuce sold at some Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to an outbreak of cyclosporiasis in five US states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Food and Drug Administration say.

Cyclosporiasis outbreak: Health officials are probing Taco Bell in Detroit due to a nationwide recall of certain ingredients, including lettuce and guacamole.

“Early information has shown lettuce as a common product that regularly comes up during the investigation,” said the Michigan health department.

Michigan, which is where much of the outbreak is centered, has reported over 4,300 cases of cyclosporiasis, which can cause diarrhea and a low grade fever.

Nearly 7,000 cases nationwide are confirmed or under investigation, according to the CDC. Michigan has accounted for the bulk of cases so far.

Shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and sold at some Taco Bell restaurants has been linked to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, a source familiar with the…

The locations were in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia

Nearly 7,000 cases of cyclosporiasis have been reported across the country

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Upwards of 1,600 people who contracted cyclosporiasis reported eating at the chain beforehand, the CDC and FDA said.

Federal health officials have identified a single supplier of the produce from Mexico that was served in Taco Bell restaurants in five states.

Health officials have identified shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell locations in five states as the source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of…

Taylor Farms lettuce was fingered by the FDA as a possible culprit in the national cyclosporiasis outbreak that’s made thousands sick.

Taco Bell, which had previously removed some ingredients from some stores amid the cyclosporiasis outbreak has now pulled lettuce in several states.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded at least 1,645 cases of the parasite this year.

Michigan has reported the largest number of cases overall, with more than 4,300 illnesses and 102 hospitalizations.

Taco Bell's shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms has emerged as a potential source of a Cyclospora outbreak that has sickened thousands across the United States.

U.S. officials have traced an explosive diarrhea-causing parasite outbreak in five states to shredded lettuce served at the popular fast-food chain

Federal health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served by Taco Bell locations across five U.S. states as a source of the widespread outbreak of diarrhea-causing…

Regulators traced a parasite outbreak that’s sickened thousands to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell restaurants. Read here now

Federal health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served by Taco Bell locations across five U.S. states as a source of the widespread outbreak of diarrhea-causing…