Salads are giving people the ‘ick.’ What does it mean for slop bowl chains?

Cyclospora, otherwise known as the “explosive diarrhea” parasite, has continued to make headlines this week, as thousands of cases of cyclosporiasis emerge across the United States, mostly in Michigan. Given that lettuce is a likely culprit, people may finally feel like they have a good reason to opt for a burger (sans lettuce) instead of a giant bowl of leafy greens. On Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said at least 7,000 cases have been conf...