Posted on 07/20/2018 1:37:36 PM PDT by Red Badger
Health officials have added more than 100 illnesses to the cyclospora outbreak linked to McDonalds salads, bringing the total number of cases to 163.
Illnesses have been reported by 10 states, according to the latest update by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Three people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. The median illness onset date is June 28. The Food and Drug Administration continues to investigate which ingredient in the salads was the vehicle for the outbreak.
McDonalds is cooperating and on July 13 stopped selling salads at more than 3,000 locations until it could switch suppliers.
The fast-food chain ceased sales in 14 states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Because of the proactive actions McDonalds took to remove the affected salads from the locations in these states, there likely is not ongoing risk to consumers who eat at those McDonalds locations, the CDC said in its update.
The company reacted quickly after the Illinois and Iowa health departments issued news releases July 12 that said numerous illnesses had been reported by people who reported eating salads at McDonalds before they became sick.
At this time, the FDA and CDC have no evidence to suggest this outbreak is related to the outbreak linked to Del Monte vegetable trays.
In the outbreak linked to Del Monte vegetable trays, 237 people have been sickened. Seven people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported.
The FDA continues to investigate which component of the vegetable trays is the vehicle for that outbreak the trays contained broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and dip.
My grand daughter worked at a well known fast food place, not McDonalds, by the way. She called the French fries “French flies” coz’ they were always fishing dead flies out of the fryer. However, after the critters are frittered I suppose they can’t do much harm.
Good and valid point.
I know 163 people who won’t any more..................
I would trust gas station sushi before a McD salad..............
There’s nothing to eat at McDonald’s.
I haven’t eaten at a McD’s in decades.........................
Their new slogan: “Guard your health, eat a Big Mac combo meal!”
And not one illness due to fries or big macs. Not trying to say salads are the real problem but ...
Vegans are really hurting their health.
I ask them why we have canine teeth, if not to eat meat. That was the way we were designed/evolved. I get blank stares in response
Thats it, Im sticking to the fries. Theyre sterilized in hot oil.
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LOL! Exactly! That and the fried McNuggets. No bacteria can survive the deep fat fryer. The deep fat fryer is for your own health!
I’ve asked this question for years. Who in their right mind thinks of McDonalds as a healthy place to eat?
Seriously, if I want a hamburger, I could see it, but if I want healthy eating, McDonalds is NOT where I would choose to eat.
Perhaps they should look at not only their suppliers, but how each store employees load the trays?
Uncooked produce is risky wherever you get it. Wash your veggies in 1:3 vinegar or peroxide. Rinse well. I never eat fresh produce outside my home. Not even the little piece of lettuce on a burger. And I even wash what comes from my garden.
On youtube there is a video by a vegetarian doc titled “40 year Vegan dies of a Heart Attack! Why?”
He’s got some great nutritional information in there. He doesn’t advocate leaving the Vegetarian lifestyle, but he does explain why vegetarians are at greater risk than meat eaters and what to do about it.
McDonald’s has regional suppliers, hence their pulling salads in a specific region. This sounds like the manufacture/supplier of the salad ingredients has a sanitation issue or the farm itself where the produce was grown and initially prepared. The proof that this is not an individual restaurant level issue is by how wide spread it is.
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