SAN DIEGO — Taylor Farms, a Salinas-based produce company whose products are sold throughout Southern California, has voluntarily removed all iceberg lettuce sourced from a farm in central Mexico from the U.S. market after federal investigators linked it to a multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis, the company announced Friday.
The company’s products are sold at retailers including Target, Whole Foods, Walmart and Amazon Fresh, according to Taylor Farms’ website. There is no indication that shredded iceberg lettuce believed to be linked to the outbreak was distributed to those retailers.
“While the FDA traceback is indicating a specific independent farm, which represents less than 1% of the U.S. iceberg lettuce supply, as the potential source of the outbreak, we have removed all iceberg lettuce from the region indefinitely,” the company said in a statement…