Expert Predicts More Cases in McDonald’s E.coli Outbreaks

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Veuer's Elizabeth Keatinge introduces us to one expert who says due to E.coli's incubation period, there may be more cases related to the contaminated Quarter Pounder.

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00:00One expert says there may be more cases related to the McDonald's E. coli outbreak that haven't yet been reported

00:08McDonald's pulled quarter-pounder burgers from their menu after one person died and nearly 50 others got sick

00:14Reuters reports the CDC and the fast-food chain are examining onions and beef patties to determine the outbreak source

00:22University of Guelph food science professor Keith Warner tells Reuters the incubation period for E. coli is

00:29typically 10 days. So the problem is is that

00:32you've got other cases that might be occurring but yet have to be linked to the outbreak and

00:38very typically what happens is that the numbers expand. McDonald's pulled the quarter-pounder from a fifth of the

00:4614,000 US restaurants

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