An E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers has resulted in 10 hospitalizations and one death, according to the CDC. The agency reported forty-nine cases in ten states, with Colorado and Nebraska seeing the highest numbers. McDonald’s has temporarily removed Quarter Pounders from menus in several Western states after identifying slivered onions as a possible source of the contamination. The company said that other beef products remain unaffected. McDonald’s shares dropped 7% in premarket trading Wednesday.
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00:02An E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder burgers has resulted in 10 hospitalizations
00:07and one death, according to the CDC. The agency reported 49 cases in 10 states,
00:13with Colorado and Nebraska seeing the highest numbers.
00:16McDonald's has temporarily removed Quarter Pounders from menus in several western states
00:21after identifying slivered onions as a possible source of the contamination.
00:25The company said that other beef products remain unaffected.
00:29McDonald's shares dropped 7% in pre-market trading on Wednesday.
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