Washington. After being accused of spreading E.coli bacteria infection by eating burgers of the famous food chain ‘McDonald’s’ in America, the company on Wednesday assured the customers that its restaurants are safe. On the other hand, US federal investigators are trying to confirm that eating McDonald’s ‘Quarter Pounder Hamburger’ caused the E.coli bacterial infection.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had said on Tuesday that eating McDonald’s burgers has spread the infection of E.coli bacteria, due to which at least 49 people in 10 states have fallen ill and one of them has died. Has died. Preliminary investigation conducted by the US Food and Drug Administration has revealed that onions in ‘Quarter Pounder Hamburger’ are suspected to have spread E.coli bacteria infection.
McDonald’s said it is looking for a new supplier to provide fresh onions. Meanwhile, the ‘Quarter Pounder Hamburger’ has been removed from McDonald’s located in parts of the states as well as other states affected by the E.coli bacteria. McDonald’s said it has been working closely with federal food safety regulators since it became aware of the outbreak of E.coli bacteria late last week.
There are more than 14,000 McDonald’s restaurants in the US and it serves one million ‘Quarter Pounder hamburgers’ every two weeks in the affected area. The company said on Wednesday that the supplier regularly tests its onions for E-coli. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had given information about the spread of this infection late Tuesday night. He had told that cases of this infection have been registered in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin between September 27 and October 11. E.coli bacteria grow in the intestines of animals and are found in the environment. This infection can cause fever, stomach cramps and bloody diarrhea.