Lettuce from Taylor Farms still focus of probe into cyclospora outbreak, FDA says
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Federal health officials retested a lettuce sample from Taylor Farms that initially tested positive for cyclospora, but determined the positive result was a false positive. The multistate outbreak continues sickening thousands, and while Taylor Farms' voluntary 27-state recall of shredded lettuce remains in place, investigators still have not identified a confirmed source of the parasitic illness.
Progressive:Agency Misstep — Progressive outlets focused on the FDA's testing error and apology, highlighting a procedural failure in investigating the outbreak.
Moderate:Test Revision — Moderate outlets reported the false positive as a corrected result from standard laboratory review.
Conservative:Investigation Reset — Conservative outlets emphasized how the false positive leaves the outbreak investigation back at the beginning with no confirmed source identified.
The FDA said on Monday its investigation into the source of the cyclospora outbreak continues "to converge on shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms locations in central Mexico." It comes after the agency said on Sunday the lettuce sample tested from Taylor Farms was a false positive.
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