McDonald’s Quarter Pounder Back on Menu After Testing Rules Out Beef Patties as E. Coli Source

McDonald’s Quarter Pounder Back on Menu After Testing Rules Out Beef Patties as E. Coli Source
A McDonald's Quarter Pounder sandwich purchased in Chicago on Oct. 23, 2024. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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LOS ANGELES—McDonald’s announced Sunday that Quarter Pounders will again be on its menu at hundreds of its restaurants after testing ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to the popular burgers that killed one person and sickened at least 75 others across 13 states.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration continues to believe that slivered onions from a single supplier are the likely source of contamination, McDonald’s said in a statement. It said it will resume selling the Quarter Pounder at affected restaurants—without slivered onions—in the coming week.