Taylor Farms, one of the largest vegetable producers in the world faces an unusual number of voluntary recalls, the New York Times reported.
The company's salad mix has been linked to hundreds of sickened people in 22 states in the US for potentially tainted products in the last three years.
Recent recall of greens used at the Olive Garden, Red Lobster and other restaurant chains is reported to be the fourth of recall of the company this year alone.
In 2011 and 2012, Taylor Farms initiated three voluntary recalls, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
Chief executive of Taylor Farms, Bruce Taylor attributed the voluntary recalls to the sheer size of the company - it sells as much salad as its next three largest competitors combined.
"Just if you do sheer math, our recalls relative to our size are fewer than anybody else," said Taylor.
"Only the most recent recall was prompted by an outbreak of illnesses," he further stated.
Since June, more than 600 cases of cyclosporiasis and intestinal disease caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis, a parasite that is transmitted through feces have been reported.
Not all of the reported cased were directly linked to Taylor Farms but this is the largest outbreak of cyclosporiasis since 1997.
