The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that 75 persons have been infected from the E.coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers.
McDonald's stock has fallen 5% since the CDC released an advisory notice saying that its Quarter Pounder burgers have been linked to an E. coli outbreak in 10 states.
Moves by major U.S. fast-food chains to temporarily scrub fresh onions off their menus on Thursday, after the vegetable was named as the likely source of an E. coli outbreak at McDonald's , laid bare the recurring nightmare for restaurants: Produce is a bigger problem for restaurants to keep free of contamination than beef.
Fast-food giants have pulled fresh onions from their menus in the US after a McDonald's E.coli outbreak that killed one person and left 49 others sick.
McDonald's (MCD) reports earnings before the bell Tuesday, with investors likely watching to see if the company's $5 summer value meal succeeded in driving customers back to the fast-food giant after it said the promotion will run into December.
McDonald's is the latest fast-food giant to face an E. coli outbreak.
A Colorado man has filed what appears to be the first lawsuit against McDonald's over an E. coli outbreak linked to Quarter Pounder burgers that has killed one person and sickened nearly 50 others.
Fresh onions are the likely source of an E. coli outbreak at McDonald's restaurants that has sickened 49 people and killed one, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said late on Wednesday, alarming some McDonald's customers and other fast-food chains using onions as an ingredient.
Yum Brands is removing onions from some Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut locations. The company said it has been monitoring the recently reported E.
McDonald's supplier Taylor Farms recalled some yellow onions due to potential E. coli contamination.
Yum Brands said on Thursday it would be removing fresh onions from its meals at select Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC restaurants out of "abundance of caution" following an E.coli outbreak tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers.
Taylor Farms said it was pulling products "out of an abundance of caution" and that it did not find traces of E. coli as of Wednesday.