Illness linked to imported produce finds foothold in Texas

DALLAS (AP) - Health officials are trying to determine why there's been a dramatic increase in the number of people in Texas each year who contract a food-borne illness that's often linked to produce imported from Mexico and other warmer climes.

Although there have been outbreaks in several states in recent years, including one in 2005 in Florida that sickened nearly 600 people, cyclosporiasis infection rates returned to normal levels after the sources were contained.

Illness linked to imported produce finds foothold in Texas