Walmart Recalls Marketside Salads Following Cyclospora Outbreak

Event Summary

Walmart proactively recalled four Marketside salad products following a Cyclospora outbreak across 34 states linked to a farm in Mexico. The incident impacted foot traffic at Taco Bell and caused shares of salad chains like Chipotle and Sweetgreen to decline as consumers avoided lettuce. Although the U.S. FDA later determined that initial positive laboratory results from the supplier were false positives, the investigation into the outbreak continues.