McDonald’s “Confident” Food Is Now Free Of E. Coli
NBC News reports:
The president of McDonald’s USA said Wednesday that the company can “restore confidence” as it seeks to minimize the damage from an E. coli outbreak linked to the chain’s Quarter Pounders in multiple states. “We are very confident that you can go to McDonald’s and enjoy our classics. We took swift action yesterday to remove the Quarter Pounder from our menu. This was swift and decisive action by us,” Joe Erlinger, said.
He said the company is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but declined to say whether the company believed contaminated foodstuffs were still being used by other businesses in affected areas. In the outbreak, at least 49 people in 10 states have gotten sick and one older adult in Colorado has died,
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