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Mexico health agency clears Taylor Farms lettuce after negative parasite tests
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Mexico health agency clears Taylor Farms lettuce after negative parasite tests

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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News Official statement Outcome reported
  • Mexican health authorities have cleared Taylor Farms lettuce and water after tests for the parasite Cyclospora and fecal coliforms came back negative.
  • The tests, conducted by Cofepris, also confirmed the products meet national physicochemical standards.
  • A previous false positive from a batch detained in Laredo, Texas, was acknowledged by the U.S. FDA.

Mexican health authorities have officially cleared Taylor Farms' lettuce and water supplies, stating that tests for the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis and fecal coliforms have yielded negative results. The products also meet all established national physicochemical parameters, according to the Secretariat of Health.

The Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) conducted the analyses. The Secretariat of Health explained that Taylor Farms' traceability system enabled U.S. authorities to identify the origin of a specific batch. This batch was held at the Laredo, Texas, customs and never entered the United States. It was from this detained lot that a sample was taken, which later produced a false positive result. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acknowledged this situation in an update on July 19.

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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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