U.S. health officials admitted on July 20, 2026 that lettuce from Taylor Farms tested positive for Cyclospora but later found the lab findings inaccurate. Uses of faulty procedures, not from tainted produce. The confusion left shoppers in the dark about a wider outbreak hitting several U.S. states. Case numbers rose while authorities hunted for the real source. Taylor Farms lettuce faces no fault. The search for the actual cause keeps moving.