July 16 (Reuters) -

• US FDA: FDA AND CDC CONTINUE INVESTIGATING A MULTISTATE OUTBREAK OF CYCLOSPORA ILLNESSES

• US FDA: - WE ARE ADVISING CONSUMERS TO AVOID EATING SHREDDED ICEBERG LETTUCE FROM MEXICO SERVED AT TACO BELL LOCATIONS IN IN, MI, KY, OH, AND WV

• US FDA: A TOTAL OF 1,644 PEOPLE INFECTED WITH CYCLOSPORA AND REPORTING EXPOSURE TO TACO BELL HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY FIVE STATES

• U.S. FDA: INVESTIGATING WITH CDC AND STATE PARTNERS TO DETERMINE IF ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS MAY BE CONTRIBUTING TO OUTBREAK OF CYCLOSPORA ILLNESSES

• US FDA: THERE HAVE BEEN 94 HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND NO DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED

• U.S. FDA: WORKING WITH TACO BELL , THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO STOP USING ANY LETTUCE FROM THE SUPPLIER IDENTIFIED BY FDA’S TRACEBACK INVESTIGATION

Source text: [ID:https://tinyurl.com/yzus5uvm]

Further company coverage: YUM.N