E-Coli Outbreak at Several McDonald's Locations

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An E-Coli outbreak linked to the McDonalds quarter pounder left 49 people sick across 10 states, hospitalizing 10 and killing an older adult in Colorado.

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00:00An E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder left 49 people sick across 10 states

00:08and killing an older adult in Colorado.

00:12Officials at the CDC are investigating but are unsure which ingredient is responsible.

00:17Both slivered onions and a quarter pound patty are specific to the burger.

00:22McDonald's has pulled Quarter Pounders from the menu in impacted states and said in a

00:27statement quote, initial findings from the investigation indicate that a subset of illnesses

00:32may be linked to slivered onions used in the Quarter Pounder and sources by a single supplier

00:39that serves three distribution centers.

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