Stan Freeberg Redux

As More Are Stricken by E. Coli, Taco Bell Points to Green Onions

After Taco Bell traced a growing E. coli outbreak to green onions at its restaurants yesterday morning, government investigators began an intensive search to identify the source of the contamination.

The total number of cases in three Northeastern states swelled to 99, implicating several additional restaurants and second food distributor, who said he onions came from a California farm.

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"Most people call 'em green onions, but they're really disease vectors."