A food and waterborne parasite known as cyclospora cayetanensis has turned up in McDonald’s salads across nine states, sickening 163 people and hospitalizing three. McDonald’s ceased selling salads in eateries in those states and in five others that had been getting lettuce blends from the same distributor, “out of an abundance of caution” earlier this month, the chain said. In addition to the nine states, McDonald’s in Indiana, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, and West Virginia also received lettuce from a Fresh Express production facility in Streamwood, Illinois, which McDonald’s told USA Today is implicated in the outbreak. “The health and safety of our customers and the people who work in McDonald’s restaurants is always our top priority,” the company said in a statement last week. According to the FDA, symptoms include diarrhea, loss of appetite, weight loss, stomach cramps/pain, bloating, increased gas, nausea and fatigue.

Source: Huffington Post July 23, 2018 18:33 UTC