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McDonald’s E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Popular Burger Topping

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A nationwide recall has prompted Burger King, Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut to pull the ingredient as well.

A McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger meal is seen at a McDonald's on Oct. 23, 2024, in the Flatbush neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
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The origin of a ”severe” E. coli outbreak affecting McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has been linked back to the sandwich’s onions. Supplier U.S. Foods announced Wednesday that Taylor Farms had issued a recall notification for yellow onions, jumbo peeled, diced and whole peeled, “due to potential E.

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