{"id":21336,"date":"2026-07-29T21:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21336"},"modified":"2026-07-29T21:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:36:23","slug":"is-farmers-market-produce-safer-during-the-cyclospora-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21336","title":{"rendered":"Is Farmers\u2019 Market Produce Safer During the Cyclospora Outbreak?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-content\">\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Food-safety experts stress that people should continue to buy and consume produce\u2014whether at the grocery store or the farmers\u2019 market\u2014despite <em>Cyclospora <\/em>fears. \u201cDon\u2019t quit eating fruits and vegetables,\u201d Rohde says. But people can take precautions to limit their risk of <em>Cyclospora <\/em>and other foodborne pathogens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Bill Marler, a food-safety lawyer, recommends buying intact heads of lettuce and whole fruits and vegetables over bagged, boxed, or pre-cut produce. Centralized chopping, washing, mixing, and packaging can spread contamination from a relatively small amount of produce across a much larger batch, he says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Experts also advise washing produce thoroughly under running water, scrubbing hard fruits and vegetables such as melons and cucumbers, and following other food-safety practices, such as keeping raw meat and vegetables separate when cooking.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Cooking food to an internal temperature of at least 158\u00b0F can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/cyclosporiasis\/prevention\/index.html\" target=\"undefined\">kill <em>Cyclospora<\/em>.<\/a> Rohde says he has been cooking most of his veggies lately and has been washing produce \u201cmore vigorously than usual.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food-safety experts stress that people should continue to buy and consume produce\u2014whether at the grocery store or the farmers\u2019 market\u2014despite Cyclospora fears. \u201cDon\u2019t quit eating fruits and vegetables,\u201d Rohde says. 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