On this picture illustration, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger meal is seen at a McDonald’s on Oct. 23 within the Flatbush neighborhood within the Brooklyn borough of New York Metropolis.
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McDonald’s says it’s going to resume promoting the Quarter Pounder in all its eating places this week, as 75 individuals have change into sick resulting from E. coli detected in an onion provide.
The corporate mentioned in a Sunday assertion it’s serving the burgers with out onions, which have been provided by California-based Taylor Farms. The corporate mentioned 900 eating places throughout 12 states have been receiving onions from Taylor Farms.
The E. coli instances have been concentrated in 13 states, together with Washington, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Montana, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri and Michigan.
McDonald’s has stopped utilizing onions from Taylor Farms’ Colorado facility indefinitely, it mentioned.
“That mentioned, well being officers have famous that with elevated consciousness, extra individuals will search medical consideration and case counts will develop,” McDonald’s mentioned. “This consciousness is an effective factor, as it could actually result in individuals being vigilant and connecting with medical professionals.”
