McDonald’s Takes Quarter Pounder Off Menu, Is Texas Next?

Is Texas Next? McDonald's has halted selling the popular quarter pound burgers on their menus at about one-fifth of their restaurants due to an E. coli outbreak. We have all the details.

This E. coli outbreak has sickened over 50 customers and killed one according to a CBS News report.

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Since McDonald's was made aware of the outbreak, over 1 million of the burgers have been sold.  Company officials think that the infection rate would be higher if it had to do with the burger patties, so they believe it may have something to do with the onions used on the burgers.

So far, infections have been reported in these states: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

The CDC is reporting that McDonald's has also decided to go ahead and stop using the suspected onions as well:

McDonald's has stopped using fresh slivered onions and quarter pound beef patties in several states. McDonald's is proactively making these changes while investigators work to confirm the contaminated ingredient. Quarter pound beef patties are only used on Quarter Pounders. Fresh slivered onions are primarily used on Quarter Pounder hamburgers and not other menu items.

 

We could see the quarter pounder being removed from Texas restaurants as infections spread with this outbreak to help keep customers safe from getting sick.

Call your medical provider or go to the emergency room if you've recently eaten a quarter pounder and you have the following symptoms:

• Diarrhea and a fever higher than 102°F
• Diarrhea for more than 3 days that is not improving
• Bloody diarrhea
• So much vomiting that you cannot keep liquids down
• Signs of dehydration
• Reduced urination
• Dry mouth and throat
• Feeling dizzy when standing up