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FDA retracts test result but still links Taylor Farms lettuce to cyclosporiasis
The Food and Drug Administration said Sunday that a laboratory finding showing cyclospora contamination in a sample of shredded iceberg lettuce supplied...

Less than 2.5% of Taylor Farms' recalled lettuce went to Taco Bells
FDA report reveals where Taylor Farms sent its lettuce—and it raises questions.

The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.

Taylor Farms Expands Iceberg Lettuce Recall to 27 States Amid Cyclospora Outbreak
The F.D.A. said that a new sample from the company’s Mexico facility had tested positive for cyclospora and that the agency was trying to trace affected products.

FDA says Taylor Farms cyclospora finding was a false positive
The U.S. 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.

Cyclospora-Linked Lettuce Was Sent to 27 States, Including to Walmart and Jack in the Box via @ConsumerReports
Taylor Farms recalled the parasite-linked lettuce it said was sent to Walmart, Jack in the Box, Sysco, and other food distributors in 27 states.
Farm linked to cyclospora stops sending lettuce to U.S. | CNN
The salad mix blamed for a cyclospora outbreak in Iowa and Nebraska came from Taylor Farms in Mexico, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday.

As Parasite Spawned Chaos, Taylor Farms Slow-Walked Its Response
The US Food and Drug Administration had apologized, Taylor Farms said in a post on X. An agency lab test linking its produce to the country’s worst cyclosporiasis outbreak in decades was a false positive. Not only that, but the government still hadn’t produced a laboratory result connecting the company’s lettuce to the outbreak.

Twenty-Two States Received None of the Recalled Lettuce and Still Report a Thousand Cyclospora Cases. Here Is Where 16,680 on the Map Came From.
The map below crosses two questions against each other for all fifty states. Did the state receive iceberg lettuce that Taylor Farms de

The FDA Says It Didn't Apologize to Supplier Linked to Diarrhea Outbreak, Actually
The agency stressed that the July 17 voluntary recall from Taylor Farms still stands. The supplier has been linked to the ongoing cyclospora outbreak.

What we know on Taylor Farms donations to pro-Trump groups
After Taylor Farms de Mexico’s lettuce was identified as a potential source for a multi-state cyclospora outbreak, the company’s political dealings and contributions came under scrutiny. Social media users looked into donations the company and its leadership made and drew assumptions about how those influenced the Trump administration’s outbreak response. Here are some of the […]

PTAB Affirms §101 Rejection of Human Milk Product Claims
Patent Trial and Appeal Board Doubles Down on Natural Products Doctrine in Human Milk Case

Nurses Chase Cyclospora, Aided by Interviews, Fast-Food Receipts — And the Messy Details - KFF Health News
Yes, they’ve heard all the poop jokes. Public health staffers are painstakingly tracing the sources of this massive outbreak, combing through fast-food orders and lettuce purchases as they listen to people’s lengthy, messy stories about their illness.

Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk
Taylor Farms said on Sunday it was recalling prepared food items containing jalapeños from retailers over concerns about potential salmonella contamination, a few weeks after removing lettuce from Mexico that U.S. authorities linked to the cyclospora parasite.

Hear me out: this is even wilder than it looks. Out in the ag world, Taylor Farms was THE instigator for a lot of the big food safety moves for lettuce over the last 20 years. That's a legacy that just should NOT have ended up like this.
public health guy
it does actually sound like taylor farms and the white house teamed up to try and blame taco bell for the outbreak. unprecedented corruption
Hear me out: this is even wilder than it looks. Out in the ag world, Taylor Farms was THE instigator for a lot of the big food safety moves for lettuce over the last 20 years. That's a legacy that just should NOT have ended up like this.
public health guy
it does actually sound like taylor farms and the white house teamed up to try and blame taco bell for the outbreak. unprecedented corruption