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The increase in people getting sick, which consists of older cases, was expected, as it can take several weeks for investigators to link illnesses to a food poisoning outbreak. The most recent ...
The CDC recommends that people call their doctor if they have recently eaten a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder and are experiencing severe E. coli symptoms such as a fever higher than 102 and ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration issued a food safety alert in October after 49 cases of E. coli were reported McDonald’s E coli outbreak cleared by CDC after investigation Skip to main content
The 2024 McDonald's E. coli outbreak was an outbreak from September to October 2024 involving contaminated slivered onions on Quarter Pounders sold at McDonald's stores in 14 U.S. states. At least 104 people contracted Escherichia coli , and one person died.
McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers cause E coli food poisoning in at least 49 people, ... One dead and 49 sick after E coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s quarter pound burgers hits 10 states.
The bacterium had previously been identified in an outbreak of food poisoning in 1982 (traced to undercooked burgers sold by McDonald's restaurants in Oregon and Michigan). Before the Jack in the Box incident, there had been 22 documented outbreaks in the United States resulting in 35 deaths. [14]
Primary treatment includes rehydration and replacing lost salts (oral rehydration therapy). [3] [4] Antibiotics are recommended for significant or persistent symptoms, and can be taken with loperamide to decrease diarrhea. [3] Hospitalization is required in less than 3 percent of cases. [2]
Federal officials on Wednesday reported more cases of E. coli poisoning among people who ate at McDonald’s, as government investigators seeking the outbreak’s source identified an “onion ...