Food Safety

FDA, CDC investigating cyclosporiasis outbreak

Outbreak believed to be linked to McDonald's salads

The FDA, CDC and state and local officials are investigating a multi-state outbreak of cyclosporiasis believed to be caused by salads from McDonald's.

The CDC reports that 286 people in 15 states have become ill, with 11 hospitalizations. There have been no deaths reported to date.

McDonald's has stopped selling salads at affected restaurants in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and West Virginia. Salad sales will be halted until McDonald's can switch to another salad supplier.

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Casey Laughman is the former Editor in Chief of Food Engineering magazine. He has almost two decades’ experience as a writer and editor for mainstream and trade publications. He spent several years as a writer and editor for two news services before becoming the editor of a legal publication and managing editor of a trade magazine that covered the commercial facilities market.