Consumer Protection Law
Jul. 21, 2026
FDA's false-positive finding unlikely to derail Cyclospora investigation, lawsuits
Lawsuits in several states including California were filed last week after the FDA linked recalled iceberg lettuce to a multistate Cyclospora outbreak. The agency said Sunday that was a false positive.
Even after federal regulators determined that a laboratory test linking recalled iceberg lettuce to a multistate Cyclospora outbreak was a false positive, the legal battle over the outbreak is likely just beginning.
Marsha Cohen, professor emerita at UC Law San Francisco and a specialist in food and drug law, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's revised laboratory finding does not necessarily undermine the agency's investigation because epidemiological evidence and...
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