FDA probing McDonald’s supplier Taylor Farms as source of E. Coli outbreak, CNBC reports

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration was investigating whether Taylor Farms, a supplier for McDonald’s, was the possible source of the E. coli outbreak linked to Quarter Pounder hamburgers, which has killed at least one person and sickened nearly 50 others, CNBC reported on Thursday.

The FDA did not respond to a request for comment.

(Reporting by Savyata Mishra in Bengaluru)