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Nursing’s Shanina Knighton warns about certain fast food restaurant models

Food safety experts reveal fast food red flags amid McDonald’s E. coli outbreak
Daily MailShanina Knighton, adjunct associate professor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, shared warning signs to look out for when it comes to fast food restaurants. “Personally, I avoid restaurants that use a build-and-serve model, where employees assemble meals or bowls in front of customers. In these setups, I’ve observed workers switching between tasks—handling utensils, touching food, and operating machines or registers—without washing their hands and changing their gloves.”