Taylor Farms de Mexico, Supplier to Some Olive Garden and Red Lobster Restaurants, Implicated in IA and NE Salad Mix Multistate Outbreak of Cyclospori

[Missouriwatcher]

The FDA traceback investigation has confirmed that the salad mix identified by Iowa and Nebraska as being linked to the outbreak of cyclosporiasis in those states was supplied to restaurants in those states by Taylor Farms de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., a processor of foodservice salads. The FDA traceback investigation found that illness clusters at restaurants were traced to a common supplier, Taylor Farms de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. The restaurants in Iowa and Nebraska include Olive Garden and Red Lobster, both of which are owned by Darden Restaurants.

FDA?s investigation has not implicated consumer packages sold in grocery stores...
http://www.fda.gov/Food/RecallsOutbreaksEmergencies/Outbreaks/ucm361637.htm

 

[Missouriwatcher]

Re: Taylor Farms de Mexico, Supplier to Some Olive Garden and Red Lobster Restaurants, Implicated in IA and NE Salad Mix Multistate Outbreak of Cyclosporiasis

On August 25, 2013 Taylor Farms de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., resumed production and shipment of salad mix, leafy greens, and salad mix components from its operations in Mexico to the United States...

The firm has committed to a comprehensive Cyclospora sampling program for leafy green and other products from their farms and processing facility in Mexico. This will include both sampling of their products and water and continued monitoring of the sanitary conditions of their facilities...
http://www.fda.gov/Food/RecallsOutbreaksEmergencies/Outbreaks/ucm361637.htm