{"id":35490,"date":"2024-12-04T02:35:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T08:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=35490"},"modified":"2024-12-04T02:35:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T08:35:58","slug":"mcdonalds-e-coli-outbreak-is-over-cdc-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=35490","title":{"rendered":"McDonald’s E. coli outbreak is over, CDC says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The E. coli outbreak linked to slivered onions<\/a> on McDonald\u2019s Quarter Pounder hamburgers is over, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the investigation began Oct. 22, 104 cases of E. coli in 14 states were identified<\/a>. Thirty-four people were hospitalized, and one person, an older adult in Mesa County, Colorado<\/a>, died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

California-based Taylor Farms distributed the onions linked to the outbreak and served at McDonald\u2019s restaurants in several states, according to the Food and Drug Administration<\/a>. A McDonald\u2019s spokesperson said <\/strong>that <\/strong>all Quarter Pounders were pulled from the restaurants in the 14 states when the outbreak was announced<\/a> in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least four people developed a serious illness that can lead to kidney failure, called hemolytic uremic syndrome<\/a>. One of those patients was a 15-year-old girl from Grand Junction, Colorado<\/a>, her family told NBC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The high school freshman\u2019s initial symptoms \u2014 fever and stomach pain \u2014 began just days after she visited McDonald\u2019s several times for her favorite meal: a Quarter Pounder with cheese and extra pickles. Her illness worsened with vomiting and bloody diarrhea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While many strains of E. coli bacteria are mostly harmless, eating food or drinking water contaminated with certain strains can lead to major gastrointestinal problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigators interviewed most of the people who got sick and linked their illnesses to Quarter Pounders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly all of the 81 people interviewed said they\u2019d eaten at McDonald\u2019s. Most of those people, 63, said their food contained fresh, slivered onions. The Quarter Pounder is the only menu item that contains those specific onions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick recall of the onions appears to have resolved the outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere does not appear to be a continued food safety concern related to this outbreak,\u201d the FDA said in a news release<\/a> Tuesday. \u201cCDC considers this outbreak over, and FDA\u2019s investigation is closed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The E. coli outbreak linked to slivered onions on McDonald\u2019s Quarter Pounder hamburgers is over, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. Since the investigation began Oct. 22, 104 cases of E. coli in 14 states were identified. Thirty-four people were hospitalized, and one person, an older adult in Mesa County, Colorado, died. California-based Taylor Farms distributed the onions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":35491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5784],"tags":[30912,2117,1958,22071,31456],"class_list":["post-35490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-e-coli","tag-end","tag-epidemic","tag-mcdonalds","tag-onion-slices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35492,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35490\/revisions\/35492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}