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The US government is advising people in five states to avoid eating shredded iceberg lettuce from Taco Bell restaurants due to a diarrhoea outbreak that has infected more than 1,600 people.
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Taco Bell lettuce at centre of growing US diarrhoea outbreak
The US government is advising people in five states to avoid eating shredded iceberg lettuce from Taco Bell restaurants due to a diarrhoea outbreak that has infected more than 1,600 people.
BBC News – World BBC
Taco Bell removes lettuce from menu in US after links to explosive diarrhoea
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Cyclosporiasis: officials looking at Taco Bell lettuce supplier as potential source of outbreak
Taylor Farms reportedly linked to outbreak thought to be in Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky What is cyclosporiasis, the parasitic illness causing ‘explosive’ diarrhea? Amid an ongoing outbreak of cyclosporiasis, federal health officials are reportedly looking at iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms that was supplied to Taco Bell as a possible source. On Thursday afternoon, the Washington Post , CNN and other…
