Despite ‘False Positive’ Test, Taylor Farms Is Still Focus of Cyclospora Investigation

The F.D.A. said it was continuing to look into the supplier’s role in the outbreak as states reported stark increases in ...

FDA Walks Back Positive Lab Test in Cyclospora Outbreak

The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday withdrew an earlier positive test that had tied Taylor Farms’ lettuce to the ...

Positive Cyclospora test linked to lettuce was false alarm: FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Sunday that a sample of shredded iceberg lettuce produced by a Taylor Farms ...

US FDA says false-positive lettuce test doesn't change Taylor Farms cyclospora probe

July 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday defended publicizing a lettuce sample later found to be a ...

FDA still probing Taylor Farms lettuce despite false positive test

The FDA said that as of Sunday, it had not found any "confirmed positive sample results for product testing" in the ...
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5 Common Lab Results: Why Context Matters

Common laboratory tests can mislead when interpreted without clinical context, highlighting why appropriate test selection ...

Taylor Farms lettuce remains the focus of cyclosporiasis investigation, despite false positive test

Health officials investigating the large outbreak of diarrhea caused by the parasite cyclospora say they have “very strong” ...

FDA says Taylor Farms cyclospora lettuce test false positive

A recent sample test from Taylor Farms returned a false positive for the cyclospora parasite, which has sickened thousands of ...

FDA retracts positive cyclospora test on Taylor Farms lettuce

The FDA says the test identifying cyclospora in Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce was a "false positive." But the lettuce is still linked epidemiologically to cases of the illness in a multistate outbreak.
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Taylor Farms pushes back after FDA admits Cyclospora test was a false positive

Taylor Farms is pushing back against the suggestion that its lettuce has been conclusively identified as the source of a large Cyclospora outbreak after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

FDA still focused on Taylor Farms lettuce as Cyclospora source despite retracted test

The FDA retracted its only positive test for cyclospora, the parasite at the center of a multistate outbreak, on Taylor Farms lettuce. But the agency believes lettuce from the brand is still linked.
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FDA says Taylor Farms lettuce cyclospora test was a false positive—what to know

Here’s what the false positive means for the recall.