Confusing product recall adds to US cyclospora outbreak uncertainty

A cyclosporiasis outbreak has sickened over 11,500 people across 41 US states, including a new cluster of 72 cases from an unknown source. The response is complicated by poor communication, politicization, and delayed regulatory rules affecting trace-back efforts. While the outbreak causes uncertainty and product recalls, consumers are rewarding transparency. This shift is boosting small food brands and companies that provide produce-cleaning products as the industry deals with the ongoing parasite infection and its financial fallout.