McDonalds halts quarter-pounder products after food poisoning reports from 10 states
NATIONWIDE — THE SOURCE OF E. COLI POISONING THAT SICKENED MCDONALD’S CUSTOMERS in several states is still being investigated, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration and the Associated Press reported Tuesday night. The outbreak happened between Sept. 27 and Oct. 11 and impacted McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers.
Investigators are working to determine if the slivered onions or beef patties on Quarter Pounder burgers are the likely source of contamination, but a preliminary FDA investigation suggests that it was slivered onions. The USDA is investigating the hamburger patties as well. McDonald’s has temporarily stopped using Quarter Pounder slivered onions and beef patties in affected states, ranging from Iowa to Montana. The most cases were reported in Colorado, according to a map of the outbreak from the Centers for Disease Control.
Diced onions and other types of beef patties used at McDonald’s have not been implicated in this outbreak, nor have the chain’s chicken or fish selections.
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