Within 24 Hours, a Political Conspiracy Overtook the Taylor Farms Food Safety Crisis

Following the FDA’s walk back of its initial Cyclospora test result , the online conversation surrounding Taylor Farms has rapidly shifted away from food safety and toward political conspiracy theories. PeakMetrics analyzed online conversation over the past 24 hours (July 19th-20th) and found that approximately 60% of all Taylor Farms discussion now references or amplifies an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory alleging that the company’s reported $1 million donation to President Trump’s MAGA Inc. super PAC, or an alleged visit by CEO Bruce Taylor to the White House, influenced the FDA’s decisio