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1 Dead from E.Coli Outbreak Linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders
- airstrike 2y agoI've got to say I have an uneasy feeling reading this right after wolfing down a double quarter pounder with cheese... Luckily Florida is not on that list... at least not yet
- doubled112 2y ago> information reviewed by the US Food and Drug Administration shows that slivered onions are a likely source of contamination Meat 1, veggies 0? Similarly, I’d feel kind of funny getting food poisoning from a salad and not my burger.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoBurgers are cooked, salads aren't. If we were regularly eating tartare I'm sure meat would be far more dangerous than salad.
- throwup238 2y agoThe slivered onions are only used for quarter pounders. They just sprinkle a few on the glop of ketchup. Honestly I expected this story to come out of Bucks County, Pennsylvania this week not Colorado.
- trhway 2y agogiven how highly that food is already processed i wonder why they don't sprinkle it with some non-toxic antiseptic or antibacterial nano-powder or something along those lines.
- blacksmith_tb 2y agoThat would likely cost more money than irradiating food[1]. 1: https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/food-irradiation-what-you-need-know https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/food-irra...
- shepherdjerred 2y agoDeath by food poisoning is such an unfair part of life. Most don’t even think about it since it has become so uncommon. I recently have been reading about food preservation (canning, mostly). If you follow all of the steps perfectly you’re probably fine. If you make even a small innocent deviation you might be risking your life & others.
- flykespice 2y agoAnd you would think a established food chain would be safer to eat than from the vendor across the street due to them coming under heavier scrutinization from regulatory food health agencies.
- gnabgib 2y agoFurther discussion (20 points, 2 hours ago, 10 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41918624 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41918624
- bryanlarsen 2y agoAll the reasonable discussion is here. That discussion just has uninformed speculation and political posts.