Fact Check: Taylor Farms
“Taylor Farms”
Summary
Taylor Farms has been identified by health officials as a source of the recent cyclospora outbreak that has sickened more than 1,600 people, leading the company to remove the implicated lettuce products from the market. The company maintains that none of its pre‑packaged salads or kits were involved in the contamination.
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- Taylor Farms
As North America’s largest producer of salads and healthy fresh foods, Taylor Farms strives to create a positive long-
- Inside Taylor Farms: How America’s Salad Leader Stays Ahead of the Industry | Reuters
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- Taylor Farms to Remove Products After Lettuce Is Linked to Cyclospora Cases - The New York Times
Taylor Farms, one of the nation’s largest producers of leafy greens and fresh vegetables, said on Friday that it would remove its products at the center of a cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened more than 1,600 people.
- Cyclospora Investigation Turns to Farms in Mexico - The New York Times
On Friday afternoon, Taylor Farms said on Facebook that none of their salads or kits were associated with the outbreak.
- Is Taylor Farms produce source of cyclosporiasis outbreak? What we know | Snopes.com
The rumor circulated on Threads, Reddit and X amid thousands of cases of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal illness caused by a parasite called cyclospora that people can get from consuming food or water contaminated with feces. Many posts accurately noted that public health authorities had linked Taylor Farms to past foodborne illness outbreaks, including a 2013 cyclosporiasis outbreak in Iowa and Nebraska.
- Bruce Taylor: Building Taylor Farms Into $7 Billion - Haas News
Taylor Farms Bruce Taylor, BS/BA 78, a third-generation Salinas lettuce grower, founded Taylor Farms in 1995 and built it into a $7 billion enterprise—North America’s leading producer of salads and healthy fresh foods, with 25,000+ employees ...
- Taylor Farms - Wikipedia
Creswell, Julie; Jewett, Christina; Draper, Kevin (July 17, 2026). "Taylor Farms to Remove Some Products After Link to Cyclosporiasis Cases".
- Trump administration shields Taylor Farms and Taco Bell, as thousands are poisoned in cyclosporiasis outbreak - World Socialist Web Site
Taylor Farms was founded in 1995 by Bruce Taylor, a third-generation lettuce grower in Salinas, California. It reports $7 billion in annual revenue, more than 25,000 employees and 165 million servings of produce a week.
- Our Story - Taylor Farms
No Taylor Farms branded salads or kits have been identified in the ongoing Cyclospora investigation.
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