10 months ago
34
SALINAS, Calif. -- The E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders has led to 75 unwellness crossed 13 states, including 22 hospitalizations and 1 death, according to caller information posted Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Food and Drug Administration.
NOTE: The video is from a erstwhile report.
Two of the hospitalized patients had hemolytic uremic syndrome, a superior complication that tin make from an E. coli infection. The older big who died had underlying conditions but did not make this syndrome.
The CDC opened the probe connected Tuesday, initially reporting 49 cases successful 10 states - including 10 hospitalizations and 1 death. It tin instrumentality weeks to find whether an unwellness is portion of an outbreak and these numbers were expected to grow.
Most of the illnesses related to the outbreak proceed to beryllium successful Colorado, according to the CDC. Michigan, New Mexico and Washington person besides been added to the database of states with reported illnesses, on with Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming. But the bureau notes that the outbreak whitethorn spell beyond those states.
Federal agencies are investigating an E. coli outbreak that has been linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders.
Charles Rex Arbogast/AP via CNN Newsource
Federal authorities accidental that they are inactive moving to corroborate the circumstantial root of the bacteria, but the US Food and Drug Administration says that the slivered onions oregon beef patties connected Quarter Pounder sandwiches are the apt root of contamination.
Among those who person been interviewed, each reported eating astatine McDonald's and the immense bulk had eaten a beef hamburger, according to the FDA.
"The FDA is utilizing each disposable tools to corroborate if onions are the root of this outbreak," an bureau spokesperson said successful a statement. "This includes moving with national and authorities partners and the companies progressive to cod and measure records and organisation accusation arsenic portion of our traceback investigation. FDA and authorities partners are besides collecting bulb samples for analysis."
Federal agencies are investigating an E. coli outbreak that has been linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders.
Charles Rex Arbogast/AP via CNN Newsource
McDonald's has taken Quarter Pounders disconnected the paper successful astir a 5th of its stores. The institution has stopped utilizing the onions arsenic good arsenic quarter-pound beef patties successful respective states - Colorado, Kansas, Utah and Wyoming, arsenic good arsenic portions of Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico and Oklahoma - portion the probe continues, the CDC said.
McDonald's supplier Taylor Farms has removed yellowish onions from the marketplace "out of an abundance of caution," the institution said successful a connection Wednesday, and distributor US Foods has issued a callback of 4 bulb products owed to "potential E. coli contamination."
The FDA confirmed that yellowish onions from Taylor Farms were sold to further nutrient work customers. Some different large accelerated nutrient chains who person received onions from Taylor Farms - including Burger King, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC - person removed caller onions from their menus astatine immoderate locations.
The-CNN-Wire & 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
