A sample of lettuce from a supplier that has recalled products as a result of a multi-state cyclospora outbreak produced a false positive result for the parasite, federal officials said Sunday.
FDA says a lettuce sample linked to Taylor Farms was a false positive, but the outbreak investigation still points in that direction.
Cases of cyclosporiasis, a stomach bug that causes severe diarrhea, are rising across the U.S. The cause of the outbreak is ...
Pennsylvania and New Jersey are among the 27 states seeing recalls of shredded lettuce products sourced to Taylor Farms, the produce company at the center of a food safety investigation into an ...
Taylor Farms lettuce tied to a cyclospora outbreak got a false positive FDA test. The recall hasn't changed. Here's what that means and why.
The FDA says lettuce distributed by Taylor Fresh Foods and Taylor Farms de Mexico is still linked to the multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis. But the source may be difficult to definitively trace.
As of Sunday, the FDA said there are no confirmed positive sample results for Cyclospora.
The FDA said that as of Sunday, it had not found any "confirmed positive sample results for product testing" in the cyclosporiasis outbreak.
The FDA says its lab finding of Cyclospora in Taylor Farms lettuce linked to the Taco Bell outbreak was a false positive after experts re-reviewed results.
No product sample has a confirmed positive Cyclospora result, but Taylor Farms' recall remains active as officials investigate more than 1,600 illnesses.
Taylor Farms said the FDA had not identified any positive product test results for cyclospora.
The FDA said experts re-checked lettuce sample results from Taylor Farms in an investigation into the cyclospora outbreak.