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US health officials investigate new outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite
The announcement comes just days after federal investigators traced a separate five-state outbreak to shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms de Mexico and served at Taco Bell locations in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
Thousands of Americans have fallen ill from a cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to lettuce sold at Taco Bell in five states
The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services now faces one of his biggest tests yet, as the country tries to contain an outbreak – or potentially multiple outbreaks – of foodborne illness.
The additional outbreak comes in the midst of the nation’s worst year on record for the intestinal illness, which is caused by a parasite transmitted through food or water contaminated with human feces.
