An investigation into McDonald’s touch screens in the UK unearthed a rather unappetizing truth – every machine tested was contaminated by traces of human feces.
The Daily Mail reports that samples were taken from eight stores owned by the fast food giant, and of the six London and two Birmingham stores tested, all touch screen machines were found to be contaminated by coliforms found in human feces.
Dr Paul Matawele is from the London Metropolitan University, who conducted the investigation, and he believes the findings are extremely disturbing and clearly indicate the screens are not being cleaned rigorously enough.
Dr Matawele said, “We were all surprised how much gut and fecal bacteria there was on the touchscreen machines. These cause the kind of infections that people pick up in hospitals.
“For instance Enterococcus fecalis is part of the flora of gastrointestinal tracts of healthy humans and other mammals. It is notorious in hospitals for causing hospital acquired infections.
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