FDA says Taylor Farms Cyclospora lettuce test was a false positive

The Food and Drug Administration said Sunday that a Taylor Farms lettuce sample initially reported as positive for Cyclospora should be considered a false positive following an additional laboratory review. "Due to the complexity in detection of Cyclospora, FDA laboratory experts re-reviewed the sample results and have concluded that the finding does not represent true amplification and should be considered a false positive," the agency said. The FDA said no product samples had produced a confirmed positive result for Cyclospora as of Sunday. TAYLOR FARMS LETTUCE SAMPLE TESTS POSITIVE FOR CYCLOSPORA AS RECALL EXPANDS Taylor Fresh Foods said the FDA informed the company that the initial result was incorrect. "To be clear, at this moment, FDA has not identified a single positive product test result for Cyclospora," the company said in a statement.