Confusion swirls on source of diarrhea outbreak, but it’s still Taylor Farms
Taylor Farms stirred confusion on FDA test and provided a vague recall list.
Federal officials have reaffirmed that iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms is likely the source of the Cyclospora outbreak causing explosive diarrhea cases across multiple states. This assertion was made to dispel confusion that arose over a false positive test from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which Taylor Farms initially celebrated.
Despite this clarification, many aspects of the outbreak remain unclear due to limited recall information provided by Taylor Farms. On Friday, the FDA, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announced that their traceback investigations led them to Taylor Farms as the origin of the tainted lettuce.
Traceback investigations are a method used to track contaminated food products back through the supply chain, identifying their source, which in this case was traced to iceberg lettuce grown in Central Mexico and supplied by Taylor Farms, also known as Taylor Fresh Foods. The FDA's investigation indicates that multiple backward tracing led them repeatedly to this specific source.
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