India, July 19 -- Produce supplier Taylor Farms is recalling iceberg lettuce shipped to 27 US states over possible contamination with cyclospora, a parasite linked to a growing outbreak of diarrheal illness across the country.

Taylor Farms said it is "actively removing" the products and has suspended distribution of iceberg lettuce from Central Mexico to the US and is no longer receiving products from the implicated lot, according to CNN. The company said, "Consumers who have purchased the recalled iceberg lettuce should discard it immediately and not consume it."

The shredded iceberg lettuce was distributed between June 29 and July 16 across Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Lo...