FDA Only Now Goes to Mexico to Investigate Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak

It’s been more than a month since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration linked Taylor Farms to the deadly cyclospora outbreak, and yet the agency is only just now sending investigators to visit the produce grower’s facilities.   Investigators with the FDA finally arrived at Taylor Farms’ operation in Mexico to inspect

There are now nearly 25,000 cases of cyclosporiasis in dozens of states nationwide

The Mexican lettuce farm linked to the cyclosporiasis outbreak has not been inspected by American regulators in seven years. Dr. Kali Kniel, chair of microbial food safety at the University of Delaware, joins CBS News with more.