Two lawsuits have been filed against the fast-food giant after the CDC announced it was investigating an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders.

  • Kanzar@sh.itjust.works
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    19 hours ago

    A lot of companies have tried to dodge their liability responsibilities by claiming it was an unrelated third party that is responsible.

    The consumer still has a contractual relationship with the vendor, not the upstream provider.

    The vendor is the one who should ensure their supply chain is safe, and can’t demand a stupidly low price that gives no room for safe practices.

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        7 hours ago

        The onions that were contaminated came from Taylor Farms, who supplies the onions for quarter pounders. McDonalds does not own Taylor Farms.

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          6 hours ago

          But they did own the onions before they were sold to customers, which I think means they deserve at least some fault here.

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            15 minutes ago

            I never said they didn’t deserve some fault. I was challenging sausage boy up there on his assertion that McD’s owns their entire supply chain. They don’t own Taylor Farms, their onion supplier, so the assertion that they own their entire supply chain is wrong.