Four days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its alert about an outbreak it claimed was linked to the sandwich, it reported 75 cases of E. coli, 22 of which required hospitalizations, and one death. While the CDC reported these cases across 13 states, McDonald’s shuttered production across 12 states, including Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Utah, according to its North American Chief Supply Chain Officer Cesar Piña.
“Over the weekend, McDonald’s was informed that the Colorado Department of Agriculture has completed their testing, the results of which confirm that there was no detection of E. coli in the samples taken of Quarter Pounder beef patties from restaurants in this area. We’ve been informed there is no further testing planned for beef patties,” Piña wrote….
