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FDA: Taylor Farms lettuce that's not part of recall tests positive for cyclospora

The Taylor Farms lettuce sample that tested positive for cyclospora was a false positive, the FDA said Sunday. The agency said it has not found any "confirmed positive sample results for product testing for cyclospora." CBS News' Ian Lee has more.

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Lettuce that tested positive for cyclospora was false positive, FDA says

The Taylor Farms lettuce sample that tested positive for cyclospora was a false positive, the FDA said Sunday. The agency said it has not found any "confirmed positive sample results for product testing for cyclospora." CBS News' Ian Lee has more.

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FDA says review of Taylor Farms lettuce shows cyclospora finding was false positive

Spokesperson for Taylor Fresh Foods told Reuters ‌that the company was informed FDA made a mistake The US Food and Drug ⁠Administration said on Sunday that laboratory experts re-checked lettuce sample results from Taylor Farms in an ⁠investigation into an ⁠outbreak of the ​cyclospora parasite and concluded the finding should be considered a false positive. As of Sunday, there were ⁠no confirmed positive sample results for cyclospora, the FDA added. The FDA on Saturday had said that a ⁠sample of

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Taylor Farms Lettuce Test for Cyclospora Was False Positive: FDA

There is new confusion on the cyclospora outbreak sickening thousands of people across the country after the FDA says that a test sample of Taylor Farms lettuce produced a false positive for the disease. The agency says no products have tested positive for the disease yet and that it's continuing to investigate the outbreak. NBC’s Anne Thompson reports for TODAY.

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FDA says Taylor Farms lettuce sample tested for cyclospora produced false positive

A sample of lettuce from a supplier that has recalled products as a result of a multi-state cyclospora outbreak produced a false positive result for the parasite, federal officials said Sunday.

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FDA says Taylor Farms cyclospora finding was a false positive
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FDA: Taylor Farms lettuce cyclospora finding was false positive

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Sunday said that a follow-up review of a lettuce sample collected from Taylor Farms determined it was a false positive for cyclospora, the parasitic illness that has caused a nationwide outbreak. The FDA previously stated on Saturday that the shredded lettuce sample provided by Taylor Farms from…

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FDA: Taylor Farms lettuce that's not part of recall tests positive for cyclospora
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Houston Chroniclehoustonchronicle.com / 1 report / City / Corporate
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Taylor Farms recalls lettuce shipped to 27 states over cyclospora risk
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Taylor Farms Says FDA Has Apologized Over ‘False Positive’ Cyclospora Test

Taylor Farms said the FDA had not identified a "single positive product test result for Cyclospora."

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Cyclospora finding for Taylor Farms lettuce was false positive, agency says: ‘FDA apologized to us’
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Detroit Free Pressfreep.com / 1 report / City / Corporate
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FDA: Lettuce from California farm tests positive for cyclosporiasis
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FDA says Taylor Farms had false positive after test pinned ‘explosive diarrhea’ parasite on Taco Bell lettuce supplier

The FDA said on that ​laboratory experts re-checked lettuce sample results from Taylor ‌Farms in an investigation into an outbreak of the cyclospora parasite.

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FDA Tests That Found Cyclospora In Taco Bell Supplier’s Lettuce Were A ‘False Positive’

Forbes FDA Walks Back Finding of Cyclospora Parasite as Outbreak Probe Continues WSJ Taylor Farms lettuce sample that tested positive for cyclospora was a false positive, FDA says CBS News Taylor Farms expands iceberg lettuce recall to NC, 26 other states amid cyclosporiasis cases WRAL Cyclosporiasis Is Solved! Right? The Atlantic

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