By ChinRes 
In response to the continuing E. coli incident at McDonald’s, the fast food company temporarily removed Quarter Pounders off the menu in some regions of the nation at the beginning of this week. One of the most recent developments, on the other hand, was that the company said that it was prepared to bring back the trendy burger. And there will be a significant modification to the item.
In the near future, the Quarter Pounder will be brought back to the hundreds of McDonald’s outlets for whom it had previously been discontinued. The burger seemed to be the source of infection for a large number of consumers who had been ill on many occasions.
An open letter from McDonald’s dated October 10 claimed that “initial findings from the investigation indicate that a subset of illnesses may be linked to slivered onions used in the Quarter Pounder and sourced by a single supplier that serves three distribution centers.” This statement was made in reference to the fact that the investigation was conducted.
There was a directive issued to all of the McDonald’s outlets in the area to cease supplying these onions. In the event that the beef patties were also connected to the epidemic, McDonald’s temporarily ceased distributing the burger in the affected locations. This was done out of an abundance of caution. The restaurants that were impacted were situated in the states of Colorado, Kansas, Utah, Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.
On the other hand, the hotel chain said on October 27 that it has been able to exclude the possibility that the epidemic was caused by the Quarter Pounder beef patties. During the testing undertaken by the Colorado Department of Agriculture, the Quarter Pounder beef patties were found to be free of E. coli, as stated by Cesar Piña, the Chief Supply Chain Officer for McDonald’s North America. In addition, the Food and Drug Administration of the United States has identified the slivered onions that are used on the Quarter Pounders as the “likely source of contamination.”
These onions were provided by the Colorado Springs factory of Taylor Farms, which is situated in California. Since then, the facility has recalled many onion products out of concern. McDonald’s has made the decision to cease obtaining onions from the factory “indefinitely,” and other fast-food restaurants have also removed onions off the menus of some locations.
While this is going on, the Quarter Pounder will be available again at the McDonald’s locations that were affected; however, the slivered onions will not be included.
The 900 restaurants that have traditionally gotten slivered onions from the Colorado Springs factory of Taylor Farms will restart sales of Quarter Pounders that do not include slivered onions. The update was written by Piña, who said that they are now confident in requesting that their beef suppliers manufacture a new supply of fresh beef patties for the locations that have been affected.
We are going to restart the delivery of that new supply, and it is anticipated that the Quarter Pounder will be accessible in all locations within the next week. He went on to say that this will be done on a rolling basis, taking into account the operations of delivery and restocking.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the E. coli epidemic that has been linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has resulted in 75 illnesses, 22 hospitalizations, and one fatality in thirteen states. within swallowing the bacterium, symptoms of E. coli normally begin to appear three to four days later, and the majority of patients recover without the need for treatment within five to seven days on average.
However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) strongly recommends that anyone who develop severe symptoms of E. coli. These symptoms include fever that is higher than 102 degrees Fahrenheit, diarrhea that lasts for more than three days, bloody diarrhea, indications of dehydration, and vomiting that is so intense that it is difficult to keep liquids down.