CANOGA PARK, Calif. – Adult industry trade association Free Speech Coalition has lifted a production moratorium declared late Thursday.

Fewer than 24 hours after the FSC received word that a performer’s routine health screening indicated potential HIV infection, a second test indicated the first returned a “false positive” result.

“The performer does not have HIV,” an FSC statement stated. “Additionally, the first-generation performers who were tested proactively have also come back negative. Production on adult film can resume safely.”

Under the FSC’s protocol for potential HIV exposure, all performers who have worked with the potentially infected performer are tested right away as a precautionary measure.

“We understand that a moratorium is nerve-wracking for performers and difficult for producers,” the FSC statement noted. “However, it’s essential that when it comes to performer safety, we err on the side of caution. We thank the producers, performers, agents and doctors who worked together during this difficult time for maintaining the moratorium and for quickly helping establish a list of first-generation contacts. While this was a false positive, it is always essential that we remain vigilant in concern to performer health.

The moratorium and testing system has enabled us to prevent any transmission of HIV on an adult film set for more than 10 years,” the statement continued. “While opponents of the industry often use our periodic moratoriums as evidence that adult sets are not safe, quite the opposite is true. Moratoriums have and continue to enable us to prevent HIV from being transmitted between adult performers.”