Lettuce Sample That Tested for Cyclospora Was a False Positive: FDA

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konane — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:40:33 GMT

Thanks Grwurston. Makes me wonder about that too. Was the announcement due to pure incompetence or heaven forbid something else???

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grwurston — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:10:54 GMT

False positive? Did they use the covid PCR test?

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konane — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:57:22 GMT

Thanks JAP. Massive reputation and sales loss both. I started looking for more info when I saw Costco still selling Taylor Farms products for delivery today. Costco stays on top of any issues like that.

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konane — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:51:45 GMT

Thanks Sully. Yep I agree. Something doesn't feel right.

Comment #3

JAP69 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:57:26 GMT

Thanks for posting the correction.

Comment #2

JAP69 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:55:24 GMT

Taylor Farms took a huge loss in reputation with that mistake.

Comment #1

sully16 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:48:16 GMT

This whole thing reeks .....

Original Blog Entry: Lettuce Sample That Tested for Cyclospora Was a False Positive: FDA

konane — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:54:36 GMT

I wanted to do a follow up correction to my previous post.

Lettuce Sample That Tested for Cyclospora Was a False Positive: FDA

.....Taylor Farms said in a statement that it was informed that the announcement of the positive test was based on a mistake and that the FDA had informed the company of the false positive.

To be clear, at this moment, FDA has not identified a single positive product test result for Cyclospora, Taylor Farms said.....

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