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The agency said a previous finding was “a false positive,” but the supplier to companies such as Walmart and Taco Bell remains at the heart of an ongoing investigation. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Sunday that lettuce from a key supplier linked to the ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak has not tested positive for the parasite, reversing an earlier finding by the agency. Despite the update, Taylor Farms de Mexico, part of the larger Taylor Farms brand, continues to be at the center of the FDA’s investigation into the outbreak after the agency last week linked iceberg lettuce from a single supplier in Mexico to more than 1,600 cases of cyclosporiasis across Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia.