(Reuters) – The U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention stated on Tuesday that the E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) Quarter Pounder hamburgers is over and the investigation has been closed.
As of Dec. 3, the CDC stated 104 individuals have fallen ailing and 34 had been hospitalized because of the outbreak brought on by the E. coli O157:H7 pressure that may trigger “very severe illness.”
The outbreak was first reported on Oct. 22, with one particular person reported lifeless because of the an infection ensuing from the slivered onions served on the burgers.
Onions had been provided by Taylor Farms, which serves three distribution facilities and has already recalled a number of batches of yellow onions produced in a Colorado facility.
The an infection was reported in 14 states: Colorado, Kansas, Utah, Wyoming, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Wisconsin, Washington, North Carolina and Michigan.
The burger chain has resumed promoting Quarter Pounders burgers after briefly taking the merchandise off the menu in a fifth of its 14,000 U.S. eating places that had been impacted.
It has additionally reintroduced slivered onion from a unique provider into their full menu.
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