40 percent report buying less produce amid cyclospora outbreak: Poll
A recent poll shows that 40 percent of U.S. adults are buying or eating less produce due to the cyclospora outbreak. The outbreak has been linked to contaminated iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms in central Mexico. The FDA is investigating the outbreak, but 47 percent of survey participants do not trust the agency to handle the situation.
- ▪40 percent of U.S. adults are buying or eating less produce due to the cyclospora outbreak.
- ▪The FDA has launched an investigation into the outbreak, which has been linked to contaminated iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms in central Mexico.
- ▪More than a thousand people have contracted cyclosporiasis as a result of the outbreak.
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- ▪ Forty percent of US adults buying less produce as cyclospora spreads: Poll — Washington Examiner
- ▪ Americans are eating less produce amid cyclospora outbreak, CBS News poll finds — CBS News — Top
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Business 40 percent report buying less produce amid cyclospora outbreak: Poll Comments: by Ashleigh Fields - 07/27/26 5:44 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Ashleigh Fields - 07/27/26 5:44 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING A poll released Sunday shows that 40 percent of U.S. adults are buying or eating less produce after the cyclospora outbreak. Comparatively, according to survey results from CBS/YouGov, 4 percent of people said they are eating more produce. Among respondents, 56 percent said there has been no change in their diet. Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched an investigation into the outbreak. On July 19, the FDA retracted test results that concluded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms was the source of the nationwide outbreak.
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