Vast produce supply chain complicates tracking cyclospora in Missouri and Kansas

By: Meg Cunningham

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 1,583

Last Updated: 4 days, 4 hours ago

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The same food supply chain that lets restaurants serve nearly identical produce in Missouri, Michigan or California can also make it remarkably difficult to figure out where contamination began when Americans get sick.

As cyclospora cases climb across Missouri and Kansas, public health investigators are working backward through a supply chain that can stretch thousands of miles and cross international borders before fresh produce ever reaches our table.

Every confirmed case of cyclospora, which is …

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