Bagged Lettuce Recalled Due to Cyclospora

Bagged salad is being recalled over concerns it is contaminated with the parasite cyclospora.

The parasite can cause cyclosporiasis.

Symptoms appear about 7 days after consuming the parasite and include severe diarrhea, loss of appetite, weight loss, cramping, and bloating.

It’s time to check your fridge for bagged salad due to a new recall.

Little Salad Bar Garden Salad, a type of bagged salad containing carrots, red cabbage, and iceberg lettuce, has been voluntarily recalledTrusted Source, as it’s potentially contaminated with a microscopic parasite known as cyclospora.

When ingested, which is typically through contaminated fruits or vegetables that haven’t been washed, the parasite can cause an infection called cyclosporiasisTrusted Source.

Symptoms of cyclosporiasis usually appear about 7 days after consuming the parasite and include severe diarrhea, loss of appetite, weight loss, cramping, and bloating.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Trusted Source, cyclosporiasis has been detected in multiple people in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, and Wisconsin.

If the bagged salad made its way into your latest pandemic grocery haul, you should toss it out immediately.

If you ate it and experience symptoms, contact your doctor, as they may want to prescribe antibiotics.