• March 2025: Taylor Farms contributes $1 million to Make America Great Again Inc., days after the FDA delays the Food Traceability Rule.
• The FDA informs Taylor Farms that one of its iceberg lettuce products tested positive for cyclospora, prompting a voluntary recall.
• During the cyclospora outbreak: The New York Times reports Taylor Farms hires a former Trump White House official.
• Last week: Taylor Farms executives meet with White House and FDA officials, where the company challenges aspects of the government's outbreak conclusions, according to the New York Times.
• Now: Taylor Farms says the FDA apologized, calling the positive test a false positive and stating no Taylor Farms product has tested positive for cyclospora.
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Founder of the "Famous Amos" chocolate chip cookie, Wallace "Wally" Amos, Jr. In 1975, with the help of a $25,000 loan from Marvin Gaye and Helen Reddy, the first Famous Amos cookie store opened in Los Angeles, CA, the first chocolate chip cookie store in the world.