Another recall involving Taylor Farms was initiated earlier this week.
While not impacting consumers in California, guacamole and dips distributed by the Salinas, Calif. based company are being pulled from shelves in 26 states due to possible Salmonella contamination of one of its ingredients.
Jalapeños, which food safety officials have traced back to a grower in Mexico have been identified as the potential source of this latest outbreak of a food-borne illness, which has sickened 245 people.
At the time of the Aug. 9 recall, Taylor Farms stated it is not aware of any reported illnesses linked to its products containing jalapeños.
Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
While the Cyclospora outbreak, which was first linked to shredded lettuce used at Taco Bell restaurants, was attributed to a Taylor Farms facility in Mexico, the latest recall involved another distributor.
The recalled fresh jalapeños from Sinaloa, Mexico were distributed by Coast Citrus Distributors, which supplies wholesalers, distributors, food service companies and restaurants, according to the FDA. Currently, there was no indication they supply jalapeños directly to grocery stores.
According to Food Safety News, Taylor Farms is recalling 20 products due to the salmonella outbreak. Products listed in the recall are white-labeled and sold under the grocery store brand, such as Trader Joe’s and Walmart (“Freshness Guaranteed”) or unbranded.
Taylor Farms stated they are no longer sourcing products from this farmer and will be filling orders from alternative suppliers.
Cyclospora cases rise
The CDC states the agency is investigating “multiple clusters of Cyclospora cases,” including the “large multistate outbreak linked to processed iceberg lettuce from central Mexico,” which has “contributed significantly to the increase in Cyclospora cases this year.”
Since May 1, CDC has received reports of 13,895 laboratory-confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis acquired in the United States. Officials note this is a huge increase over last year, when between May 1 and Aug. 31, 2025, 1,180 cases were reported.
In an Aug. 5 update, the FDA stated that the total number of cases associated with the multistate Cyclospora outbreak involving shredded iceberg lettuce is “6,358 illnesses reported from 15 states,” while acknowledging that the total number of sickened individuals is likely higher. There have been at least 278 hospitalizations, and two deaths in Michigan.
Taylor Farms notes that the FDA reported: “no confirmed positive sample results for product testing for Cyclospora through Aug. 5, and they have suspended all iceberg lettuce sourcing and production from central Mexico.”
Additionally, Taylor Farms states that it has commissioned independent experts to conduct a top-to-bottom review of food safety processes and protocols at the central Mexico facility.
According to reporting by CBS News, the FDA last inspected Taylor Farms de Mexico, the potential source of the Cyclospora outbreak, seven years ago.
Has Taylor Farms had previous recalls?
Yes, although some past recalls have involved mislabeled products rather than potential pathogens.
A few examples:
In 2025, Taylor Farms voluntarily recalled salad kits sold in 25 states over the presence of “undeclared ingredients.”
In 2024, Taylor Farms was involved in the removal of Quarter Pounders from McDonald’s menus in many restaurants over potential E. coli contamination in raw onions.
In 2019, Taylor Farms recalled roughly 2,100 pounds of mislabeled products that contained “a known allergen.”
In 2017, Taylor Farms recalled about 6,630 pounds of chicken and pork salad products possibly tainted with listeria monocytogenes.
In 2013, The New York Times reported that Taylor Farms had “an unusual number of voluntary recalls” involving potentially tainted products.
Company officials ascribed the volume of recalls to the company’s scale.
Which supermarket chains sell Taylor Farms lettuce?
Many.
Visit the company’s Find-a-Product page and type in your location, and you’ll see a Who’s Who of American supermarkets and big-box retailers that carry Taylor Farms salad kits and other products.
The list includes Walmart, Target, Safeway, Whole Foods, Meijer, Vons, Food4Less, H-E-B, Sprouts, Fry’s, Albertsons and Kroger.
Which restaurant chains serve Taylor Farms lettuce?
That question is trickier to answer.
We know Taco Bell served Taylor Farms lettuce because of the widely discussed recall.
Chipotle also serves Taylor Farms produce, a company official confirmed on July 20.
“We are continuing to follow the Cyclospora investigation very closely, and at this time, we don’t believe the ingredients we source are associated,” said Laurie Schalow, chief corporate affairs and food safety officer at Chipotle.
The Taylor Farms website doesn’t offer a full list of the big-name chain restaurants that serve its lettuce in 2026. That makes it hard for consumers to guess which brands they might want to avoid.
We do know which chains have served Taylor Farms lettuce and other produce in the past, thanks to a 2014 report from Capital & Main and The Huffington Post.
That list includes McDonald’s, Subway, KFC, Long John Silver’s and Pizza Hut, as well as Darden Restaurants, whose brands include Olive Garden.
This article originally appeared on Salinas Californian: Taylor Farms pulls dips amid salmonella outbreak
Reporting by Roseann Cattani and Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY NETWORK / Salinas Californian
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By Roseann Cattani and Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY NETWORK | USA TODAY Network
