(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A California-based produce company has been identified as the source of the fresh onions linked to the McDonald’s E. coli outbreak, and the company has issued a voluntary recall of onion products from a Colorado distribution center.
According to the Associated Press (AP), McDonald’s confirmed on Thursday, Oct. 25 that the Taylor Farms location in Salinas, California sent onions to one distribution facility, which lead to McDonald’s pulling its Quarter Pounders off the menu. An outbreak linked to the burgers resulted in 49 reports of illness, 26 of them in Colorado, and the death of an elderly woman in Mesa County.
Taylor Farms is one of US Food’s third party suppliers, with more than 70 distribution centers across the country…