Tag: Taylor Farms
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Taylor Farms, with facility in Colorado Springs, identified as possible source of cyclosporiasis outbreak
Shredded iceberg lettuce supplied to Taco Bell restaurants by California-based supplier Taylor Farms, which has a facility in Colorado Springs, has been identified by investigators as a potential source of contamination in the cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people in the U.S. The Washington Post was first to report the Taylor Farms connection on…
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Colorado Springs family sues McDonald’s, Taylor Farms over E. coli exposure
A Colorado Springs mother and her 10-year-old child are suing McDonald’s and Taylor Farms after each of them ate a Double Quarter Pounder hamburger in mid-October and were exposed to E coli. Geovanna Zambrano, whose name has not been public until now, and her daughter consumed the burgers immediately after buying them on Oct. 17…
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Colorado death related to McDonald’s E. coli outbreak was Marine and firefighter
The country’s lone death related to the McDonald’s E. coli outbreak was a Marine and firefighter who loved to hunt and fish and moved to Colorado to be closer to his family, particularly his eight grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchild. Smith became ill days after eating two Quarter Pounders with slivered onions on two separate…