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FDA Keeps Focus on Taylor Farms Lettuce After False Cyclospora Test

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says lettuce distributed by Taylor Fresh Foods and Taylor Farms de Mexico remains the focus of its multistate cyclosporiasis investigation, even after a laboratory re-check found an earlier positive sample was a false positive. The FDA said Sunday it had not confirmed any positive product samples. A Taylor Fresh Foods spokesperson said the company was informed the FDA had made a mistake. The source of the outbreak may be difficult to definitively trace.

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Spokesperson for Taylor Fresh Foods told Reuters ‌that the company was informed FDA made a mistake What is the parasitic illness cyclosporiasis? How to properly clean produce to help avoid cyclospora The US Food and Drug ⁠Administration said on Sunday that laboratory experts re-checked lettuce sample results from Taylor Farms in an ⁠investigation into an ⁠outbreak of the ​cyclospora parasite and concluded the findin…

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The FDA says Taylor Farms lettuce is still the focus of their ongoing cyclospora investigation, despite a false positive test announced Sunday. Carter Evans reports.

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The nation's largest recent cyclospora outbreak has put one of America's biggest produce suppliers under renewed scrutiny.

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FDA says review of Taylor Farms lettuce shows cyclospora finding was false positive

Spokesperson for Taylor Fresh Foods told Reuters ‌that the company was informed FDA made a mistake What is the parasitic illness cyclosporiasis? How to properly clean produce to help avoid cyclospora The US Food and Drug ⁠Administration said on Sunday that laboratory experts re-checked lettuce sample results from Taylor Farms in an ⁠investigation into an ⁠outbreak of the ​cyclospora parasite and concluded the findin…