{"id":946937,"date":"2026-07-20T06:47:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/946937\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T06:47:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:47:26","slug":"fda-walks-back-claim-that-taco-bell-lettuce-supplier-taylor-farms-was-source-of-explosive-diarrhea-parasite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/946937\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA walks back claim that Taco Bell lettuce supplier Taylor Farms was source of ‘explosive diarrhea’ parasite"},"content":{"rendered":"

The FDA is walking back its initial claims that a Taco Bell lettuce supplier is responsible for sickening hundreds of Americans with explosive diarrhea<\/a>, saying the original test results were a \u201cfalse positive.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The stunning reversal comes after the agency double-checked a lettuce sample, which found that the leafy green supplied by Taylor Farms de Mexico did not have traces of Cyclospora \u2013 the parasite that causes the crappy condition.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFDA 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,\u201d the agency said on its website<\/a>\u00a0Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"TaylorThe FDA announced that the previous test result finding the cyclospora parasite in Taylor Farms shredded iceberg lettuce was a \u201cfalse positive.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n

The FDA also added that there are currently no confirmed samples of products testing positive for the parasitic pathogens.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Taylor Farms, the parent company of Taylor Farms de Mexico, said that the FDA had \u201capologized\u201d to them about the false positive, saying they made a \u201cmistake.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, we were informed that FDA made a mistake, and this was a false positive,\u201d Taylor Farms said in a statement.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The false alarm retracts the FDA\u2019s Friday announcement, which linked the outbreak of the debilitating \u201cexplosive diarrhea\u201d parasite to the Taylor Fresh Farm\u2019s subsidiary.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Officials originally said that contaminated lettuce was grown in Central Mexico and then shipped to Taco Bell locations<\/a> in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia, where it sickened people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Consumers were told to toss Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce, which is used at other fast food restaurants besides Taco Bell and can also be bought in supermarkets.<\/p>\n

Taco Bell locations throughout the country were avoiding the ingredient altogether.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Taylor Farms had also voluntarily recalled the leafy green, providing a list of affected lots of lettuce in 27 states.<\/a><\/p>\n

The FDA said that it\u2019s continuing to work with the produce supplier to remove products implicated in the outbreak from the market \u2013 even in light of the false positive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cyclosporiasis, the disease caused by the microscopic parasite Cyclospora, has ravaged the bowels of over 1,600 Americans in 34 states, according to the CDC.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The sickness is infamous for causing prolonged diarrhea \u2013 along with other unpleasant symptoms like stomach cramps\u00a0and low-grade fever, the CDC said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The FDA is walking back its initial claims that a Taco Bell lettuce supplier is responsible for sickening…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":946938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,64,884,151,76578,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,9535,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-946937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-business","tag-diseases","tag-fda","tag-food-recalls","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-taco-bell","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116950968801011692","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}