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Taco Bell for years has grown sales faster than other fast food chains in the U.S.,
thanks to new menu items like Diablo-dusted crispy chicken nuggets and Mountain Dew Baja Blast pie.
Now, though, the microscopic parasite, cyclosporiasis, could threaten that.
Federal health officials have linked the recent outbreak to shredded
iceberg lettuce from Taco Bell locations in five states.
Heather Hadden covers restaurants for the Journal and joins me now.