The FDA says you can't wash Cyclospora from your lettuce

The parasite in berries, basil, and salad mixes spreads through water tainted with human waste, and the CDC counts 18,000 cases across 45 states.

Cyclospora — Lettuce in a field. Photo by Dwight Sipler / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Food safety lawyer Bill Marler says the FDA's new guide on fresh-cut produce admits it knows of no chemical wash that stops Cyclospora from spreading between pieces of cut produce.

Cyclospora is a parasite hazard in berries, fresh basil, fresh cilantro, and fresh sa…