Taylor Farms Celebrates FDA ‘Apology’ While Parasite Party Still Rages
KEY POINTS
- •Taylor Farms announced on Sunday that the FDA retracted a false positive cyclospora test linked to their iceberg lettuce.
- •Despite the FDA’s caution that the outbreak and traceback data still point to their lettuce, Taylor Farms emphasized the FDA’s apology in its statement.
- •Crisis communication experts say Taylor Farms should focus more on consumer safety and prevention strategies instead of prematurely claiming vindication.
In a gardening soap opera worthy of daytime TV, Taylor Farms proudly announced on a lazy Sunday that the FDA had ‘apologized’ for a false positive test linking its iceberg lettuce to a cyclospora outbreak that’s sickened thousands. Their press release led with gratitude for the FDA’s supposed apology — a move described as premature by crisis pros who said Taylor Farms should focus on reassuring frightened salad lovers instead. The FDA quickly shot back via X, telling everyone the parasite party isn’t over and consumers should keep avoiding certain Taco Bell lettuce. Crisis pros like Bradley Akubuiro (ex-Boeing 737 Max mouthpiece) say bragging about innocence mid-investigation is like doing the victory dance in quicksand. Taylor Farms also skipped details on how it’ll stop future parasitic potlucks, leaving experts wondering if their PR strategy is just iceberg lettuce wrapped in confusion.
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(1 of 3)Taylor Farms throwing an FDA ‘apology’ party before the parasite was fully evicted is PR performance art nobody asked for but everyone’s forced to witness.
Celebrating a false positive like it’s a Grammy win while thousands are getting diarrhea? That’s either bold or the lamest flex of 2026.
Taylor Farms leading with ‘FDA apologized to us’ reads like someone bragging they aced a test they still have to finish.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 7/20/2026 | Author: Sarah E. Needleman,Tim Paradis
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