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FDA clears Taylor Farms lettuce of cyclospora contamination

The FDA has found a Taylor Farms lettuce sample to be a false positive for cyclospora, a parasitic illness, after re-checking the results.

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The FDA said that as of Sunday, it had not found any "confirmed positive sample results for product testing for Cyclospora."

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Taylor Farms lettuce sample was false positive for cyclospora, FDA says

The FDA said that as of Sunday, it had not found any "confirmed positive sample results for product testing for Cyclospora."

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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…