Ten people who ate at a Fourth of July event in Wapato, Washington are now confirmed or suspected cases of Salmonella infection, and the Yakima Health District is trying to trace where the bacteria came from. The event was hosted at Imperial’s Garden at 4817 Lateral A Road, though the health district is careful to
The national food safety firm has been contacted by people sickened in 2026 and is investigating their links to restaurant and produce exposures as the CDC confirms one of the largest Cyclospora outbreaks on record — with no product named and no recall issued.
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash., July 15, 2026 — The national Cyclospora attorneys
Cyclospora
Cyclospora is a parasite, not a bacterium, and it behaves like one—causing a prolonged, relapsing illness that can drag on for weeks. It is usually traced to fresh imported produce, and because it is hardy, ordinary washing does not reliably remove it. Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, is the nation’s leading
Reported cyclosporiasis cases by state, 2026 season. Gray states have confirmed cases but no public per-state count.
There are two counts of the same outbreak in circulation right now, and they are off by more than two thousand cases.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 843 domestic cases of cyclosporiasis across 31
We have been retained by another family in the Nara Organics powdered infant formula botulism outbreak — and in this instance, our clients’ baby is the Washington case that the CDC and FDA have already confirmed as part of this outbreak. Both this child’s clinical testing and an opened can of the family’s Nara Organics
Across fifty years, blueberries have been implicated in only two E. coli events — and in the older of the two, the vehicle was never resolved between blueberries and strawberries. The fruit’s low surface pH is hostile to E. coli survival, which helps explain the scarcity. The table below leads with those E. coli events
The 2026 cyclosporiasis season has moved faster than the federal numbers meant to track it. When I last wrote about this, Michigan had roughly 150 reported cases that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had not yet folded into its national count. As of this weekend, that gap has widened into a
When someone asks me whether cruises are safe, they probably expect me to say “absolutely not — stay home.” I’m not going to do that. The honest answer is more interesting, and it starts with the CDC’s own list of cruise ship outbreaks.
As of June 10, the CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program has posted five
The CDC is tracking a summer surge of Cyclospora. As of its June 18 surveillance update, CDC has logged 145 cases acquired in the United States across 17 states, with illness onsets from May 1 through June 16, 2026. Twenty people have been hospitalized; no deaths have been reported. None of the patients
Cyclospora is a parasite composed of one cell, too small to be seen without a microscope. The organism was previously thought to be a blue-green alga or a large form of Cryptosporidium. Cyclospora cayetanensis is the only species of this organism found in humans.
Cyclosporiasis is an intestinal illness caused by the parasite
Total Nutrition Inc. of Deer Park, NY is voluntarily recalling TNVitamins 100% Organic Moringa 1,200 mg Capsules and 100% Organic Moringa Powder following a supplier-initiated recall of the raw Organic Moringa ingredient because of possible Salmonellaexposure. No illnesses have been reported to date.
Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal