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 ...

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 ...

FDA: False-positive test doesn't change Taylor Farms cyclospora probe

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday, July 20 defended publicizing a lettuce sample later found to be a false ...

FDA Says Taylor Farms Lettuce Cyclospora Test Was a False Positive—What to Know

Credit: Ildar Imashev / The FDA determined that Taylor Farms' lettuce Cyclospora test result was a false positive after ...

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” ...
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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 ...

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) ...
Frontiers

Concentrating human urine intrinsically inhibits urease activity

Urea is the dominant nitrogen compound in human urine and represents a valuable fertiliser resource if enzymatic hydrolysis can be controlled during storage and processing. One method to recover urea ...