{"id":732400,"date":"2026-08-03T00:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=732400"},"modified":"2026-08-03T14:44:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T19:44:05","slug":"native-america-calling-new-outbreak-of-food-borne-illness-shakes-public-confidence-in-food-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/08\/03\/native-america-calling-new-outbreak-of-food-borne-illness-shakes-public-confidence-in-food-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: New outbreak of food-borne illness shakes public confidence in food supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, August 3, 2026<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">\r\nNew outbreak of food-borne illness shakes public confidence in food supply\r\n<\/div>\r\nTribal public health officials are among those reassuring citizens about the <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/public-health\/cyclospora-outbreak-foodborne-monitoring-cdc-fda-trump-cuts-michigan\/\">safety of their food<\/a> as reports of new cases of cyclospora infections continue to rise. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nMichigan continues to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mdhhs\/keep-mi-healthy\/infectious-diseases\/infectious-disease-outbreaks\">hotspot with state officials reporting more than 11,000 cases<\/a> through the end of July. The actual number is likely much higher than that. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nOne hurdle in tracking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/cyclosporiasis\/index.html\">cyclosporiasis outbreak<\/a> is it has a long incubation period and it can\u2019t be traced through the genetic markers that some other food-borne illnesses have. The infections are traced mainly to tainted lettuce from Mexico. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nNearly all other states are also reporting cyclospora cases, many of them from a variety of sources.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/08\/03\/native-america-calling-new-outbreak-of-food-borne-illness-shakes-public-confidence-in-food-supply\/lettuce\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-732454\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1037\" data-attachment-id=\"732454\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/08\/03\/native-america-calling-new-outbreak-of-food-borne-illness-shakes-public-confidence-in-food-supply\/lettuce\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/03\/lettuce.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1037\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Lettuce\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Lettuce&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lettuce. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/closeup-photo-of-lettuce-on-gray-surface-1qnIDA6gZ1g&gt;Jef Wright (thejefwright)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/03\/lettuce.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/03\/lettuce.jpg\" alt=\"Lettuce\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-732454\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Lettuce. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/closeup-photo-of-lettuce-on-gray-surface-1qnIDA6gZ1g>Jef Wright (thejefwright)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/harleigh-moore-wilson-phd-81b21821a\/\">Harleigh Moore-Wilson<\/a> (Osage), director of agriculture for <a href=\"https:\/\/flowerhill.institute\/\">Flower Hill Institute<\/a>, a Native-owned, community-directed non-profit based at the Pueblo of Jemez in New Mexico\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDr. Matthew Clark, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akchap.org\/staff\/matthew-a-clark-md-faap-facp\/\">chief medical officer for the Alaska Area Native Health Service<\/a>, acting deputy chief medical officer for the Indian Health Service (IHS), and chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihs.gov\/nptc\/\">IHS National Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/will-seeley-210933111\/\">Will Seeley<\/a>, tribal enterprise manager for the <a href=\"https:\/\/indigenousfoodandag.com\/\">Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative<\/a> at   the University of Arkansa\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tribal public health officials are among those reassuring citizens about the safety of their food as reports of cyclospora infections continue to rise.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":732454,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,11,19,1,23],"tags":[1171,40,7651,5307,210,1339,243,550,523,133,167,134,7652],"class_list":["post-732400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-environment","category-health","category-national","category-world","tag-arkansas","tag-food","tag-harleigh-moore-wilson","tag-ifai","tag-ihs","tag-matthew-clark","tag-media","tag-mexico","tag-michigan","tag-native-america-calling","tag-new-mexico","tag-radio","tag-will-seeley","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-34wU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/03\/lettuce.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732400"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":732455,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732400\/revisions\/732455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/732454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}