McDonald’s shares dropped in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders, which led to one death and ten hospitalizations.
The CDC reported 49 cases of E. coli contamination in 10 states, with the majority of those cases in Colorado and Nebraska.
According to the CDC, most people who were sick from the contamination reported eating a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder.
As a precautionary measure, McDonald’s in several states has stopped serving quarter-pound beef patties and fresh onions until the source of the illnesses is confirmed.
This E. coli outbreak and the Boar’s Head plant contamination last month are the direct result from deregulating the meat packing industry years ago. Trump allowed plants to start “self inspecting” (i.e. not inspecting at all) and now we have all of this contaminated food.
Prove your statement.
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Twenty-four multistate E. coli O157 outbreaks were reported since 1992; they ranged from 1 to 3 per year, except in 1999, when 6 were reported. The number of states involved ranged from 2 to 8 with a median of 3. All were due to foodborne transmission.
Here are some E. coli outbreaks that have occurred in the United States in the past 20 years:
2006 Taco Bell outbreak
Contaminated lettuce in the menu caused an outbreak that sickened at least 71 people in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Eight people developed hemolytic-uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure.
2017 REPEXH01 outbreak
This strain of E. coli O157:H7 has caused illnesses and outbreaks in the United States through contaminated food and recreational water.
1997 alfalfa sprout outbreak
An outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 occurred in Michigan and Virginia in June and July.
1993 Jack in the Box outbreak
E. coli O157:H7 caused an outbreak that killed four children who ate undercooked hamburgers at Jack in the Box restaurants.
1993-1994 outbreak
46 clusters of E. coli O157:H7 infections were identified in the United States, affecting an estimated 1,300 people.
Other notable E. coli outbreaks include:
1982–2002: 350 outbreaks were reported, with a median of 8 cases per outbreak.
2007: Six E. coli O157 outbreaks were identified, with four involving foodborne transmission.
Food-borne illnesses have been around since the beginning of time. Food plant / restaurant workers not following proper hygiene procedures is the problem.
I heard McDonalds is gonna drop the MC and change their name to just Donald’s.
sounds like they might just fix the ice cream machine