E-coli again.

My interest is always piqued by news items concerning food and this week it seems that McDonalds have got a problem in the USA. There have been several people from many states in the western part of the country who have become ill and one person has died after eating their quarter pounder burgers. The meat patty’s are under suspicion , but they should be cooked at a temperature high enough to destroy e-coli, so it shouldn’t be the meat part. Another ingredient being looked into is the onions. Apparently all those used in the USA come from the same provider so that might imply a wider problem, so it’s curious and will take a while to get to the bottom of the source. Many years ago, when McDonalds was still fairly new to Britain, I took a “behind the scenes” tour and was shocked to find that all the lettuce used was vacuum packed and flown in from America. That must have changed as we’re quite good at lettuce here…Anyway, let’s see how this unfolds. X