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Everything We Know About Taco Bell’s Possible Link to the Cyclospora Outbreak

Officials are tracing a nationwide cyclospora outbreak that has sickened thousands, while Taco Bell has pulled fresh ingredients as a precaution.

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It was a hacky joke for years: eat Taco Bell, get diarrhea. If that was actually happening to anyone, it probably said more about their constitution than about the food. But nowadays, real life has a funny habit of turning old punchlines into headlines.

According to The Washington Post, federal and state health officials are investigating whether Taco Bell may be connected to a massive outbreak of Cyclospora, a parasite that causes days of watery, explosive diarrhea. The beef and the greediness have nothing to do with it. The fault may lie in the veggies adorning your taco.

Before you swear off your Crunchwraps and Cheesy Gordita Crunches forever, know that the investigators have not 100 percent........

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