How did cyclospora get in our food supply?
The large number of cases suggests that excrement entered the food system on a “surprising scale.”
From The Times
July 22, 2026

The difficult, and nauseating, truth is that cyclospora is spread through human feces. With thousands of cases across the U.S., what could have caused an outbreak at such a large scale?

A microscopic view of cyclospora oocysts includes two red round circles among blue flecks.

Melanie Moser/CDC/Associated Press

Here’s what may have happened. →

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Despite a “false positive” test, Taylor Farms is still the focus of the F.D.A.’s cyclospora investigation. →

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