A growing set of federal lawsuits over the nationwide Cyclospora outbreak argues that Taylor Farms had been warned by its own history.
Complaints filed in Michigan and Ohio allege the company has a "documented history of producing and selling fresh produce contaminated with dangerous pathogens," pointing to two prior events. In 2013, a multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak that sickened at least 631 people across 25 states was traced by investigators to salad mix produced at a Taylor Farms facility. In 2024, federal agencies linked an E. coli outbreak to onions distributed by Taylor Farms and served at McDonald's, an outbreak that sickened more than 100 people, hospitalized dozens, and killed one.
