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Happy Monday. Lettuce remind you to be careful with your leafy greens; Cyclospora’s no joke. Updates on the outbreak below. 

I CYCLOSPORA OUTBREAK SPREADS

The nation’s largest Cyclospora outbreak has now spread to nine states according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Previously, the outbreak was concentrated in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia and Michigan, with The Mitten experiencing the majority of cases. So far, the CDC says 1,947 cases are related to the outbreak. The U.S. normally sees between 200 and 1,000 cases of Cyclospora each year. U.S. health and safety inspectors are focused on shredded lettuce from Taylor Farms as the source of the outbreak, warning that a recent negative test from Taylor Farms’ plant in central Mexico does not disprove the Food and Drug Administration’s previous identification of Taylor Farms as the likely source of the outbreak. The Wall Street Journal reports that decision came after representatives for Taylor Farms contacted the White House asking for more time before the government publicly linked the company to the outbreak. In the call, which included officials from the FDA, Taylor Farms argued the federal government lacked positive laboratory evidence connecting its products to the outbreak and expressed concern that the government was overstating Taylor Farms’ responsibility. 

>> Understand what Cyclospora is and how to avoid it here.

I FIRST STATEWIDE DATA CENTER MORITORIUM

New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) signed an executive order pausing state permitting for new large data centers. The order also directs state regulators to create new standards for large data centers that take local government feedback into account. Hochul says the order is necessary to deal with the growing number of data center applications in small upstate communities, highlighting the lack of leverage local governments have to get favorable deals with data center companies. Governor Hochul denied that the ban would be permanent, saying the year-long ban “doesn’t mean we won’t welcome them at the right time and under different conditions than exist right now.” 

>> See if there are any data center bans in your state here.

 I TRUMP ISSUES A WAVE OF NEW TARIFFS

The Trump administration launched a new wave of tariffs on more than 80 countries. The tariffs replace a global 10% duty that lapsed at the same time the new tariffs took effect. The new tariffs were issued under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which allows the president to impose tariffs on foreign countries that engage in unreasonable or discriminatory trade practices. The administration cites the failure of countries to pass or enforce laws banning the import of goods made by forced labor as the justification for the new tariffs, saying that the lack of such a ban disadvantages U.S. businesses that follow the laws. 

>> Watch a bipartisan breakdown of what tariffs do here.

I U.S.-IRAN ATTACKS PAUSED TO GIVE “SOME SPACE” TO NEGOTIATIONS

Admiral Brad Cooper, the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East, has recommended halting the bombing campaign around the Strait of Hormuz. Admiral Cooper says the bombing campaign has reached the limit of its effectiveness. Specifically, advisers to the president have taken the position that there are limits to what can be accomplished through an air power campaign in terms of changing the situation on the ground. Currently, the total U.S. military death toll is at least 18, with at least an additional 400 wounded. 

>> Find out how much the Iran war is costing U.S. households here.

I SUSPECT DEAD IN BERLIN PRIDE ATTACK

German authorities say a 21-year-old suspect was fatally shot after charging at officers with a knife a day after an attack on a Pride event in Berlin. The attacker drove a vehicle into a crowd and attacked people with a bladed weapon, killing one person and injuring 29 others. Three of the people injured have life-threatening injuries. Police identified the suspect as a German citizen of Lebanese background who had attempted to travel to Syria last year to join the Islamic State before being arrested in Lebanon. 

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