Cyclospora still making its way through the US. Lettuce has landed in the hot seat as the potential source of Cyclospora contamination, but it’s not the only food under scrutiny. The tainted produce lineup grows as the Cyclospora saga continues, and now the crisis has expanded into a multi-front war. “You can’t really wash it off the food,” Scarpino said. There’s “a little bit of ascertainment bias,” he suggested, explaining that after the first big Cyclospora outbreak shot into the headlines, the smaller ones were suddenly in the spotlight as well.