Even as the number of cyclospora cases in the United States hit record levels, top health regulators insisted that consumers could still trust what they were eating.

“The U.S. food supply is safe,” Donald Prater, the acting deputy commissioner for food at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, told attendees Monday at the annual meeting of the International Association for Food Protection.

“However, there’s a couple of challenges,” he said, referring to the cyclosporiasis outbreaks that have sickened more than 11,000 people across the country. “It will take a little time. But we do believe we’re taking action and we’re protecting public health.”

It has been a rough summer when it comes to food-borne illnesses.

Nearly 100 people have been reported ill with salmonella, leading to the recall last week of 19 million eggs linked to part of the outbreak. An E. coli infection was traced to some organic blueberries. And earlier in the summer, a listeria outbreak led to the recall of various soft cheeses.

Still, the outbreaks of cyclosporiasis sweeping the country are top of mind for the hundreds of food-safety experts gathered for their annual conference in New Orleans.

“One of the things I’m personally concerned about, we’re starting to have more and more of these outbreaks here in the United States,” German Rios, the senior director of food safety and quality at the produce manufacturer Fresh Express, said during a panel discussion. “I am concerned that we may not have really hit the peak of the outbreaks.”