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Taylor Farms is removing iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico after multiple reports citing unnamed sources linked its lettuce to an outbreak.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
The Food and Drug Administration's investigation into the Cyclospora outbreak took an unexpected turn this week after the agency revealed that a laboratory test that initially appeared to detect the parasite in shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms was actually a false positive.
The CDC has increased the case count for an outbreak of Cyclospora parasitic infections linked to iceberg lettuce by several thousand. As of Aug. 5 the confirmed case count was 6,358 with 278 hospitalizations. That is up from 1,947 that the Centers for ...
Walmart has removed iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms for risk of cyclospora. The move comes amid an outbreak investigated by the CDC and FDA.
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