MEXICO CITY - Mexico's health ministry said on Thursday that results of its studies of lettuce and water samples from U.S. supplier Taylor Farms were negative for cyclospora, following a health inspection and the company's plant in central Mexico earlier this week.
"The analysis using standard molecular methods via real-time PCR ... was negative for Cyclospora cayetanensis in all 10 samples of raw materials and finished products," the ministry said in a statement.
U.S. health authorities have linked an outbreak of cyclosporiasis, which causes severe diarrhea, to lettuce served at restaurants in some states. The CDC, FDA, with state and local health officials, linked iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms de Mexico served at Taco Bell locations in five states – Indiana, Kentucky Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
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