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Newsroom > FDA Fast Facts: FDA works with partners to investigate a Cyclospora outbreak potentially associated with McDonald’s salads







FDA Fast Facts: FDA works with partners to investigate aCyclospora outbreak potentially associated with McDonald’s salads

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with state and local officials, are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Cyclospora infections. Yesterday, the Illinois and Iowa Health Departments identified McDonald’s salads as being potentially linked to cases of Cyclospora in both states. McDonald’s has voluntarily stopped selling salads at affected restaurants across 14 states and the CDC reports that 61 people across seven states have gotten sick. Continue reading...