A Farm Action report August 2026 Research and analysis by Sarah Carden, Colleen Fulton, Angela Huffman, and Caroline Nodus Written by Jessica Cusworth The 2026 Cyclospora outbreak has sickened thousands of people across the United States and killed at least two. In July, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) linked the outbreak to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell and supplied by Taylor Farms, a company most Americans had never heard of despite its enormous reach. Taylor Farms’ products are in grocery stores, restaurants, schools, hospitals, and prepared foods, often under other names. That extensive and often hidden reach raises questions that go far beyond this outbreak. When so much of the food supply runs through a single company, a problem can quickly affect people across the country.…