U.S. health officials admitted on July 20, 2026 that lettuce from Taylor Farms tested positive for cyclospora contamination but later found the lab findings incorrect. Uses of faulty procedures, not because the lettuce was bad. The confusion fear spread about a wider outbreak hitting several U.S. states. More infections surfaced while authorities continued for the real source. Taylor Farms lettuce faces no fault. The search for the actual cause rumbles forward.