Onions Recalled After McDonald’s E. Coli Outbreak

The New York Times reports:

One day after a multistate E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers was publicized, a major supplier of onions in that region has issued a recall.

Though federal regulators have not confirmed the source of the outbreak, which has so far killed one person and sickened 49, initial investigations have suggested that the fresh slivered onions served mainly atop the Quarter Pounder were a “likely source of contamination.”

Taylor Farms, the sole supplier of those onions to the affected McDonald’s locations in 10 states, issued a recall Wednesday of several yellow onion products because of “potential E. coli contamination,” according to a notice from U.S. Foods, which distributes the products to many restaurants.

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There is now a US Foods recall of onions from Taylor Farms & Cross Valley Farms because of E.coli. The outbreak is believed to have been from onions in McDonald’s quarter pounder burgers. A Greeley (CO) man filed a lawsuit yesterday against McDonald’s after getting sick. pic.twitter.com/xLO17bFEjF

— Josh Helmuth KRDO13 (@Jhelmuth) October 24, 2024