FDA Walks Back Cyclospora Finding on Taylor Farms as 1,600-Person Outbreak Continues

Executive Briefing

• Confirms FDA lab experts re-reviewed results and determined the cyclospora detection was a false positive with no true amplification.
• Reveals outbreak has sickened over 1,600 people across 34 states, with Michigan alone reporting 5,000+ confirmed cases.
• Links iceberg lettuce supplied to Taco Bell restaurants in five Midwest states as a identified outbreak source.
• Notes Taylor Farms voluntarily removed all iceberg lettuce from central Mexico, representing less than 1% of U.S. supply.
• Highlights Walmart also pulled four Marketside bagged salad products from stores despite no confirmed connection to the outbreak.