The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Saturday that a sample of shredded iceberg lettuce linked to Taylor Farms has come back positive for cyclospora, a microscopic parasite that can cause intestinal illness.
Despite the alarming test result, Taylor Farms has stated that the contaminated product falls outside the scope of its current recall effort, according to the FDA.
Federal health officials are working urgently to bring the outbreak under control, describing it as the most significant foodborne illness outbreak to hit the United States in recent memory.
