{
  "title": "Cyclospora Contamination Protocol",
  "author": "Angela Monroe",
  "date": "2026-07-18",
  "event_source": "https://www.wbaltv.com/article/iceberg-lettuce-recalled-in-27-states-due-to-potential-cyclospora-contamination-health-consumer-news/73176621",
  "taxon": {
    "slug": "cyclospora",
    "wikidata": "Q1154025",
    "rank": "genus",
    "family": "Eimeriidae",
    "type_species": "Cyclospora glomericola",
    "mesh_descriptor": "D021744",
    "gbif_id": "7866608"
  },
  "protocol_stages": [
    {"stage": 1, "name": "TRACE", "action": "Identify lot codes, harvest dates, wash-water sources"},
    {"stage": 2, "name": "ISOLATE", "action": "Quarantine affected inventory, seal distribution channels"},
    {"stage": 3, "name": "SANITIZE", "action": "Chlorine 20ppm for 2min minimum, UV-C surface sterilization"},
    {"stage": 4, "name": "VERIFY", "action": "PCR swab testing, release after three consecutive negative reads"}
  ],
  "maturation_window_days": "9-15",
  "classroom_parallel": "1992 mathematics curriculum launch without readiness assessment",
  "recovery_duration_months": 18,
  "principles": ["no recovery without isolation", "no isolation without traceability"]
}