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Six cyclospora outbreaks are active in the U.S. Only one is tied to a food source.

7/26/2026

The FDA is currently investigating six separate cyclospora outbreaks, and only one has so far been linked to a specific food: shredded iceberg lettuce.

Cyclospora is a pathogen that causes cyclosporiasis, an intestinal illness that reached record case numbers in recent weeks.

A former director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition says the public conversation around this outbreak is missing a significant point. What FDA is actually investigating Six outbreaks.

That ratio is the part of this story getting lost. The FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition is the federal office that oversees both food safety standards and nutrition policy.