COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb says that the agency does not yet have the cyclosporiasis outbreak under control. He said during an appearance on “Face the Nation that while the FDA has done well in tracing the issue to central Mexico and specific farms, the situation remains unresolved.
Gottlieb added that officials cannot be certain the identified growing region is the only source of contamination.
Federal and state investigators have linked iceberg lettuce from central Mexico to almost two-thousand cyclospora cases across nine states. Those affected states include Michigan which is considered to be the epicenter of the outbreak, the last numbers released by the Department of Health and Human Services on Friday put the states confirmed cases at over 8,100. Cases are also rising in nearby Indiana and Ohio
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