Test results create confusion around cyclosporiasis outbreak
ONP Summary
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.
Federal officials are still trying to determine the source of a multistate outbreak linked to lettuce.
There may be more than 7,000 cases of cyclosporiasis nationwide.
The FDA said that a lettuce sample from Taylor Farms that was initially reported as positive for cyclospora was actually a false positive.
William Brangham discussed more with Dr.
Katelyn Jetelina of Your Local Epidemiologist. ...
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