McDonald’s officials revealed that fresh onions linked to a fatal E. Coli food poisoning crisis at the restaurant chain were sourced from a California-based agricultural supplier. Other fast-food restaurants, including Burger King, Pizza Hut, KFC, and Taco Bell, have eliminated onions from their menus in the interim.
According to McDonald’s officials, the fast-food chain banned Quarter Pounder hamburgers from many states after Taylor Farms in Salinas, California, provided onions to one distribution plant. McDonald’s did not provide a specific location. A burger-related outbreak has infected at least 49 people in ten states, including one who died, according to federal health officials. Investigators claimed slivered onions were a potential source of the infections.
US Foods, a major supplier to restaurants across the country, reported on Thursday that Taylor Farms had recalled whole and chopped yellow onions that had been peeled this week due to potential E. Coli contamination. According to a US Foods spokesman, the recalled onions came from a Taylor Farms factory in Colorado. The wholesaler did, however, explain that it was not a McDonald’s supplier and that no items sold in the fast-food chain’s restaurants were affected by the recall.
What concerning the other businesses?
Other national restaurant chains temporarily stopped using fresh onions in the interim. Yum Brands released the following statement: “We have aggressively removed fresh onions from selected Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and KFC restaurants, as we continuing to monitor the recently reported E Coli outbreak, and out of an abundance of caution.”
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Based in Louisville, Kentucky. Yum Brands did not say whether it employs the same supplier as McDonald’s or where the onions were taken out. Yum Brands indicated that it will continue to follow the guidance offered by regulators and suppliers.
The symptoms of E. Coli
E. Coli poisoning symptoms may occur a day or two after consuming contaminated food. Fever, vomiting, diarrhea, or bloody diarrhea, and signs of dehydration, such as increased thirst, dizziness, and little to no urination, are common. Children under the age of five, the elderly, pregnant women, and people with weakened immune systems are particularly vulnerable to the virus.
McDonald’s incident
In the McDonald’s incident, at least ten people have been hospitalized, including a toddler who developed a severe kidney illness complication as a result of his infection. The illnesses were diagnosed between September 27 and October 11, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The victims were infected with E. coli 0157:H7, a bacterium that produces a deadly toxin. It causes over 74,000 infections in the United States each year, resulting in over 2,000 hospitalizations and 61 fatalities, according to the CDC.
A guy from Greeley, Colorado, is suing McDonald’s after developing an E. coli illness. Eric Stelly claimed in a lawsuit filed this week that he became ill two days after eating at a local McDonald’s on October 4. After he sought emergency treatment, health officials confirmed that his infection was part of the outbreak.
Symptoms of E. coli poisoning can develop fast, within a day or two of ingesting infected food. They often include fever, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, as well as indicators of dehydration such as decreased urinating, increased thirst, and dizziness. The illness is particularly deadly for children under the age of five, the elderly, pregnant women, and those with compromised immune systems.
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