Will the FDA expand the Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce recall before Aug 14?

Taylor Farms de México's recall of iceberg lettuce tied to a multistate cyclospora outbreak, first announced July 17, 2026 and covering roughly 27 to 28 states, remained unchanged in scope through the market's August 14 deadline; the FDA did not issue any expansion of the recalled products or lots. The underlying outbreak investigation kept growing during that period, with the case count climbing into the thousands across a widening list of states as more illnesses linked to lettuce distributed between June 29 and July 16 were identified retrospectively, but that reflects expanding case-finding within the existing outbreak rather than a new or broadened recall notice. FDA product testing in mid-August also returned no confirmed positive samples for Cyclospora, giving the agency no new trigger to widen the recall. The community unanimously predicted no expansion, with 0% forecasting Yes, and the outcome matched that expectation.