RFK Jr. says cyclosporiasis outbreak is ‘under control’ as Mexico casts doubt on link to Taylor Farms facility

Mexico said its own investigation hasn’t found evidence linking the outbreak to the Taylor Farms facility in central Mexico.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday the cyclosporiasis outbreak was “under control” even as health authorities continue to search for answers about why thousands of people in the United States have gotten sick.

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The Food and Drug Administration has linked the outbreak, which mainly causes severe diarrhea, to shredded iceberg lettuce from a Taylor Farms facility in central Mexico.

But Mexican Health Secretary David Kershenobich said Tuesday at a news conference that his country’s own investigation had not found evidence that the outbreak originated there.