Another Cyclospora Outbreak

Last November (2020) Shenandoah Growers Inc issued a limited, voluntary recall of specific batches of imported organic basil because of concern over potential Cyclospora contanination. On February the 8th the FDA issued another recall notification for Shenandoah Growers for Cyclospora concerns once again associated with organic basil. The affected product has a country of origin of Colombia and was harvested  from Puerto Vallarta Herbs SAS (Farm) and imported by Vallarta Organics LLC dba Organic Destiny (Importer).

Check out this paper by Almeria et al. 2019 to find out more about Cyclospora parasite which is endemic in many parts of the world including Central and South America.