1 Dead from E.Coli Outbreak Linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders

[doubled112]

> 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]

Burgers are cooked, salads aren't. If we were regularly eating tartare I'm sure meat would be far more dangerous than salad.

[throwup238]

The 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.

[gnabgib]

Further discussion (20 points, 2 hours ago, 10 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41918624

[bryanlarsen]

All the reasonable discussion is here. That discussion just has uninformed speculation and political posts.

[shepherdjerred]

Death 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]

And 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.

[airstrike]

I'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

[trhway]

given 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]

That would likely cost more money than irradiating food[1].

1: https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/food-irra...