McDonald's E. Coli outbreak: Food debris found on equipment, FDA says
OAKLAND, Calif. - The FDA released new information about the deadly E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders.
According to the FDA, food debris was found on equipment supposedly fully cleaned at the Taylor Farms food production facility in Colorado that supplied slivered onions used at McDonald's.
Investigators also discovered workers were only using proper hand sanitization processes sometimes.
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FDA officials previously said their preliminary investigation pointed to the slivered onions as the source behind the outbreak.
McDonald's reported it had stopped using Salinas-based Taylor Farms' onions after the outbreak. In the outbreak, one person was killed and over 100 were sickened across 14 states.
KTVU reached out to Taylor Farms for a statement but has not heard back in time for this publication.