Health officials announced in an Oct. 30 update that the E. coli outbreak linked to onions used in McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has sickened and hospitalized more people, although the new infections are believed to predate recent actions taken by the restaurant chain to remove the onions from food service locations.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an Oct. 30 update that 15 new cases and five new hospitalizations have been reported since the agency first announced the E. coli outbreak and identified McDonald’s as the likely source.
