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McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski apologized to clients on Tuesday after an outbreak of E. coli that has sickened dozens and left one useless was linked to its Quarter Pounder hamburgers.
“On behalf of the entire system, we are sorry for what our customers have experienced,” Kempczinski stated in the course of the firm’s earnings name. “We offer our sincere and deepest sympathies, and we are committed to making this right.”
“Hearing reports of how this has impacted our customers has been wrenching for us,” Kempczinski added.
As of Oct. 25, the outbreak has resulted in 75 instances throughout 13 states, in accordance with the Middle for Illness and Management’s newest figures. There have been 22 hospitalizations and one demise.
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Scott Rodrick’s Stonestown Galleria McDonald’s restaurant. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Occasions through Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
The final severe public well being challenge within the U.S. related to McDonald’s was greater than 40 years in the past, in accordance with Kempczinski.
After the CDC knowledgeable the corporate of the outbreak, McDonald’s eliminated beef and onions from its provide chain, and Taylor Farms issued a recall of yellow onions.
The Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) is within the midst of investigating whether or not Taylor Farms, which provided the slivered onions to McDonald’s within the areas the place the E. coli outbreak occurred, is the supply of the contamination.
An indication advertises meal offers at a McDonald’s restaurant on July 22, 2024, in Burbank, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
MCDONALD’S SAYS BEEF UNLIKELY BUT NOT RULED OUT AS POTENTIAL SOURCE OF E. COLI OUTBREAK
McDonald’s stated it has stopped sourcing onions from this facility indefinitely.
Utilizing CDC epidemiological information and McDonald’s provide chain traceback information, beef was dominated out because the supply of the outbreak. The corporate has informed its beef suppliers to renew making the recent patties and expects Quarter Pounders to be out there once more in any respect shops over the approaching week.
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Nonetheless, slivered onions will nonetheless not but be out there as a topping within the places impacted by the outbreak.
FOX Enterprise’ Breck Dumas contributed to this report.
