date:Aug 07, 2018
Fresh Express, a California produce company owned by Chiquita Brands, is linked to an outbreak that sickened nearly 400 people in 15 states who ate salads from McDonald's.
Health officials have confirmed 395 cases of cyclospora infection from salad mixes sold at the fast-food chain, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in an update late Thursday. Of those stricken, 16 were hospitalized.
Fresh Express, based in Salinas, California, supplied bagged salad mixes likely tainted with cyclospor