The parasite hasn't stopped corporate America from eating salads

Some of the office lunches in Bryant Park. Juliana Kaplan/Business Insider A parasitic outbreak has been linked to produce, threatening corporate lunch salads and bowls. Even so, workers in Bryant Park continued enjoying their leafy bowls and greens. Some diners remained unaware or unfazed by the cyclospora outbreak, maintaining their usual habits. On a hazy Thursday in New York City, Hagen Wenzek was ready to dig into a bowl of lettuce and berries when I swooped in like the salad grim reaper, asking if he was aware of cyclospora, the parasite that's led to explosive diarrhea and hospitalizations across the US. "I did very much know about it, but I forgot," Wenzek said. "Now you remind us." The salad of berries and lettuce. Juliana Kaplan/Business Insider Hours later, the US Food and Drug Administration would link the parasite to shredded lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms .