McDonald's Quarter Pounder beef patties not linked to E. coli outbreak, company says

All contaminated products related to nan E. coli outbreak that sickened 75 group crossed 13 states, with 1 reported fatality, are now afloat retired of McDonald's restaurants, nan institution said successful a connection Sunday.

"The rumor appears to beryllium contained to a peculiar constituent and geography, and we stay very assured that immoderate contaminated merchandise related to this outbreak has been removed from our proviso concatenation and is retired of each McDonald's restaurants," a McDonald's spokesperson said.

A McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburger repast is seen astatine a McDonald's connected October 23, 2024 successful New York City.

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The E. coli infections, first reported connected Sept. 27 successful Colorado, were linked to nan caller depletion of Quarter Pounder hamburgers. The Food and Drug Administration, 1 of respective authorities investigating nan outbreak, has said that nan slivered onions connected nan burgers are a "likely root of contamination."

McDonald's confirmed successful a connection to ABC News that Taylor Farms is nan supplier of nan onions and said that it had stopped utilizing them arsenic of Oct. 22.

"CDC noted that our proactive steps resulted successful nan consequence to nan nationalist being 'very low,'" McDonald's said successful nan statement, adding it's "a reminder of really our values must guideline america each azygous day: we put group first, and we do nan correct thing."

Currently, location person been 26 reported cases successful Colorado, which remains nan astir impacted state, and 13 successful Montana. Other cases person been reported successful Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

The McDonald's logo is displayed astatine a McDonald's edifice connected October 23, 2024 successful Omaha, Nebraska.

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Of nan 61 sickened during nan outbreak connected whom nan CDC has information, 22 were hospitalized, and 2 developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a serious, perchance fatal complication that tin origin kidney failure, according to nan CDC.

"We are committed to making this correct for immoderate customers who person eaten astatine McDonald's and suffered an unwellness arsenic a consequence of nan outbreak," nan connection says, without elaboration.

It goes connected to explicate that McDonald's has confirmed that location is nary E. coli successful Quarter Pounder beef patties and has officially ruled retired nan patties arsenic nan root of nan outbreak.

While nan institution had antecedently discontinued nan waste of Quarter Pounders successful nan Colorado Springs area retired of an "abundance of caution" until this could beryllium confirmed, they were now readying to resume distribution successful nan week ahead.

At nan aforesaid time, 900 stores will proceed to waste Quarter Pounders without slivered onions, which had antecedently been supplied by Taylor Farms, and -- arsenic nan institution announced publically past week -- McDonald's will extremity sourcing onions from that partner indefinitely.

The past known personification pinch symptoms linked to nan E. coli outbreak fell sick connected Oct. 10.