Taylor Farms vs FDA in Lettuce Outbreak | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews Taylor Farms is in the crosshairs of a major cyclosporiasis outbreak, with the CDC and FDA blaming their iceberg lettuce from central Mexico — but the company fired back, claiming a false positive lab test and accusing regulators of misleading the public. The FDA swiftly denied any apology and clarified the false positive didn’t exonerate them, calling Taylor Farms’ messaging confusing and delaying a recall. Despite eventually pulling lettuce from Mexico, the company’s tangled response has fueled public skepticism and underscored the messy, high-stakes dance between science, corporate defense, and public safety. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/79d5f27e442dba51