FDA Retracts Positive Cyclospora Finding in Taylor Farms Lettuce, Citing False Positive

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Sunday that re-checked laboratory results for cyclospora in a lettuce sample from Taylor Farms were a false positive. As of Sunday, there were no confirmed positive sample results for the cyclospora parasite. This update follows an earlier FDA statement on Saturday that a sample of shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms had tested positive for the parasitic illness, which had sickened thousands of people in the U.S.