Tag: onions
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Burger King, Taco Bell, KFC and others pull onions after McDonald’s E. coli outbreak
Burger King, Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut have all pulled onions from a portion of their restaurants following reports of a “severe” E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders. The removal comes two days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first announced in a food safety alert on its website that there was an…
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Yum Brands pulls onions from select Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut locations after McDonald’s E. coli outbreak
Yum Brands has pulled onions from some Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut locations following an E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s. “As we continue to monitor the recently reported E. coli outbreak, and out of an abundance of caution, we have proactively removed fresh onions from select Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC restaurants,” a Yum Brands…
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FDA eyes McDonald’s supplier Taylor Farms’ onions as source of E. Coli outbreak
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it’s investigating whether Taylor Farms, a supplier for McDonald’s, is the possible source of the E. coli outbreak linked to Quarter Pounder hamburgers, which has killed at least one person and sickened nearly 50 others. In a notice to customers, distributor U.S. Foods said Taylor Farms announced…
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McDonald’s zeroes in on onions as the likely source of deadly E. coli outbreak
The investigation into the E. coli outbreak in McDonald’s Quarter Pounders that has killed at least one person and sickened nearly 50 others increasingly points to the slivered onions served on the hamburgers. But neither the company nor public health officials have said publicly where the onions were grown or whether they were sent to…