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Top Three Fast Food Chains Say 'No Downers'

Concerned about human health risks and animal welfare problems, McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's have all instituted policies against buying meat from downed animals for their hamburgers. (There is speculation that contamination from a downed cow may have been responsible for the fatal e.coli outbreak linked to fast food hamburgers in 1993.)