McDonald's has been linked to an E. coli outbreak in the US, causing at least 49 people to fall ill and one fatality. The affected individuals reported eating Quarter Pounder hamburgers before becoming sick. McDonald's has temporarily removed Quarter Pounders from select restaurants and stopped using fresh slivered onions and quarter pound beef patties in some states while investigating the cause of the outbreak.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/10/23/mcdonalds-linked-to-one-death-dozens-of-food-poisonings-in-us?traffic_source=rss