Climate change has ramifications for food safety, experts warn Climate change has ramifications for food safety, experts warn 02:35 CHICAGO (CBS) — Warmer temperatures are impacting the food supply and its safety, experts warned amid an outbreak of E. coli that has struck McDonald’s Quarter Pounders. Experts said pathogens—the bacteria that can make us sick—are […]
Los Angeles — McDonald’s announced Sunday that Quarter Pounders will again be on its menu at hundreds of its restaurants after testing ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to the popular burgers that killed one person and sickened at least 75 others across 13 states. The […]
A recent E.coli outbreak associated with certain fast-food restaurants has brought up significant health-related concerns all across the industry. The E.coli outbreak is originally linked to pre-sliced onion used in McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers, and it has caused major food chain restaurants- – including KFC, Taco Bell, and Burger King- – to take precautionary measures […]
McDonald’s has stopped selling Quarter Pounder hamburgers at about one-fifth of its U.S. restaurants as federal health officials investigate an outbreak of E. coli that has sickened nearly 50 people in 10 states, killing one. The fast-food chain sold about 1 million Quarter Pounders in the timeframe that the illnesses occurred, a McDonald’s spokesperson said […]
McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers are being linked to an outbreak of E. coli that has sickened nearly 50 people in 10 states, killing one person, federal health officials said Tuesday. Most sick people reported eating Quarter Pounders from McDonald’s, and investigators are working to confirm which food ingredient is contaminated, according to the U.S. Centers […]
