FDA Clarifies: Taylor Farms Remains Under Investigation for Cyclospora Outbreak
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
Taylor Farms is still under investigation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the growing Cyclospora outbreak, despite a false positive result in a test, the agency reported on Monday. Late Sunday, the FDA stated that a sample of the company's lettuce had falsely tested positive for Cyclospora, the parasite that causes the illness. However, that sample did not come from the lettuce already implicated in the outbreak and market withdrawal. Instead, it was from a different shipment that the agency collected during routine import inspections. 'To clarify, this lab sample with a false positive does NOT change the basis of the ongoing FDA investigation into the outbreak or the strong epidemiological data supporting the current voluntary recall by Taylor Farms,' the FDA said on Monday on X. The voluntary recall of shredded iceberg lettuce from the company in 27 states remains in effect.
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