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• More Than 100 Illnesses Now Linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder E. Coli Outbreak

  November 14, 2024

  Michael Adams

  As the number of McDonald’s E. coli outbreak illnesses continues to rise, health officials indicate that restaurants have started serving full menus again, including items that were believed to contribute to the food poisoning.

• McDonald’s Class Action Lawsuit Filed for All Consumers Sold Quarter Pounders Contaminated With E. Coli

  November 1, 2024

  Michael Adams

  Two customers have filed a class action lawsuit after allegedly contracting E. coli food poisoning from contaminated slivered onions on McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers.

• McDonald’s Food Poisoning Lawsuits Filed Over E. Coli Contaminated Quarter Pounders

  October 28, 2024

  Michael Adams

  Days after the CDC announced that an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers had killed one person and sickened 75 others, food poisoning lawsuits are already being filed against the fast food company.

• McDonald’s Quarter Pounder E. Coli Outbreak Sickens Customers in 10 Different States

  October 23, 2024

  Michael Adams

  One person has died and at least 49 others have been sickened as part of a McDonald’s E. coli outbreak in the western U.S., potentially caused by tainted ingredients used in Quarter Pounder hamburgers.

• McDonald’s Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Use of PFAS Chemicals in Wrappers

  April 13, 2022

  Russell Maas

  A class action lawsuit accuses McDonald's of hiding the presence of toxic chemicals in its fast food wrappers, potentially exposing consumers to increased cancer risks and other ailments.

• PFAS Chemicals Used in Firefighter Foam Found in Major Fast Food and Restaurant Packaging: Consumer Reports

  March 30, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  A new report finds evidence of PFAS in food packaging by dozens of major retailers.

• McDonald’s Employee Sexual Harassment Problems Are Widespread, According to Lawsuits

  May 23, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  McDonald's faces more than two dozen complaints and lawsuits of sexual harassment by female workers who say the company responds by punishing low-wage female workers who complain about abuse.

• Nearly 400 Food Poisoning Cases Linked to McDonald’s Salad Cyclospora Outbreak

  August 7, 2018

  Russell Maas

  Federal health officials indicate that recalled McDonald’s Fresh Express salads, which contain romaine lettuce and carrot mixes contaminated with Cyclospora,...

• McDonald’s Salad Recall Announced Over Cyclospora Outbreak

  July 16, 2018

  Martha Garcia

  Thousands of McDonald's restaurants in 14 states are removing salads that may be linked to a multi-state cyclospora outbreak.

• McDonald’s Employee May Have Spread Hepatitis A To Customers, Kentucky Officials Warn

  April 13, 2018

  Russell Maas

  Kentucky health officials warn that a McDonald's employee worked while infected with hepatitis A, which may have been spread to customers.