A California-based fruitandvegetables business was the source of fresh onions connected to a lethal E. coli food poisoning breakout at McDonald’s, authorities with the diningestablishment chain stated Thursday. Meanwhile, other fast-food diningestablishments — consistingof Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC and Burger King — pulled onions from some menus.
McDonald’s authorities stated that Taylor Farms, of Salinas, California, sentout onions to one circulation center, which led the fast-food chain to getridof Quarter Pounder hamburgers from diningestablishments in anumberof states. McDonald’s didn’t state which center it was.
An breakout connected to the hamburgers hasactually sickened at least 49 individuals in 10 states, consistingof a individual who passedaway, federal health authorities have stated. Investigators stated they were focused on slivered onions as a prospective source of the infections.
U.S. Foods, a significant wholesaler to diningestablishments throughout the nation, stated Thursday that Taylor Farms had released a recall this week for peeled entire and diced yellow onions for capacity E. coli contamination. The remembered onions came from a Taylor Farms center in Colorado, a U.S. Foods representative stated. But the wholesaler likewise keptinmind that it wasn’t a McDonald’s provider and that its recall didn’t consistof any items offered at the fast-food chain’s diningestablishments.
Taylor Farms did not respond to several demands for remark.
Officials with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not validate that the company is examining Taylor Farms. A representative stated Thursday that the firm is “looking at all sources” of the breakout.
In the meantime, other nationwide diningestablishment chains briefly stopped utilizing fresh onions.
“As we continue to screen the justrecently reported E. coli breakout, and out of an abundance of care, we have proactively gottenridof fresh onions from choose Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC diningestablishments,” Yum Brands stated in a declaration.
Louisville, Kentucky-based Yum Brands wouldn’t state where onions were gotridof or whether the business utilizes the verysame suppli