At least one person has lost their life and dozens have suffered food poisoning and infections of varying severity due to Escherichia Coli contamination in Quarter Pounder burgers, marketed by McDonald’s in several US states. This was reported by the US media, according to which cases have occurred since the end of September in 10 western US states: at least 49 people have contracted infections following the consumption of meat contaminated by the bacterium, mostly concentrated in Colorado and Nebraska.
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Ten of them were even hospitalized, including one child who reported severe hemolytic-uremic syndrome. According to a note from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an elderly person has died in Colorado. According to what we learn, the spread of the news would have caused the share price of the restaurant chain to collapse by more than 6 percent yesterday evening.
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