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SALINAS, Calif. -- We're learning much astir that deadly E. coli outbreak connected to McDonald's 4th pounders.
McDonald's says onions from Taylor Farms successful Salinas are the root of the E. coli nutrient poisoning that sickened 49 radical successful 10 states. One idiosyncratic has died.
Federal investigators judge the earthy sliced onions are to blasted for the deadly outbreak.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the 4th pounders are linked to the 49 cases of E. coli nutrient poisoning.
McDonald's pulled the 4th pounder burgers disconnected the paper astatine 20% of its stores successful the U.S. And now, different accelerated nutrient restaurants, including Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC and Burger King are pulling onions from immoderate menus.
According to McDonald's officials, Taylor Farms of Salinas sent onions to 1 organisation facility.
Taylor Farms has recalled peeled full and diced yellowish onions for imaginable E. coli contamination.
The recalled onions went from Salinas to a Taylor Farms installation successful Colorado, according to a U.S. foods spokesperson.
Taylor Farms issued a connection Thursday saying: "We trial some earthy and finished products for pathogens and person recovered nary traces of E. coli. We person ne'er seen E. coli O157:H7 associated with onions successful the past."
At the Thursday farmer's marketplace astatine San Francisco's Ferry Building, a section grower talked astir however accumulation astatine tiny farms differs from larger ones, specified arsenic Taylor Farms.
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Ramon Rojas is with Rojas Family Farms successful Tulare by Fresno.
"We nutrient precise tiny amounts of fruit, which gives a america a batch much time, much attraction to detail," Rojas said. "What we effort to bash is arsenic overmuch prime power arsenic we can. Look implicit the crops. And again, successful large companies, you whitethorn not person that aforesaid attraction to detail."
"E. coli hasn't been linked to onions before," said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, prof of Medicine astatine UCSF. He said this E. coli outbreak is an important reminder of the value of rigorous nutrient information standards for each producers.
"In 1993 erstwhile large outbreak successful nutrient and Jack-in-the-Box, which led to much improvements successful nutrient production. Now with much vegetables being implicated, we request to deliberation of different things and person caller strategies, similar reasoning of the irrigation strategy to support our nutrient proviso arsenic harmless arsenic possible," Chin-Hong said.
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