Federal health and food safety officials said Wednesday that the E. coli outbreak linked to slivered onions used on McDonald’s hamburgers has spread to more states and sickened more people, including additional hospitalizations.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided updates on Nov. 13 on their respective investigations into the E. coli outbreak, noting that the number of cases has risen to 104 across 14 states.
When the CDC first announced the outbreak on Oct. 22, it said initial investigations suggested that slivered onions used in the McDonald’s Quarter Pounder were the likely source of the E. coli infections, which at the time numbered 49 cases across 10 states….