McDonald’s president says its food is safe to eat after E. coli outbreak
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A day after an E. coli outbreak tied to Quarter Pounders in the western part of the United States left one dead and 10 hospitalized, McDonald’s entered full damage-control mode.
A day after an E. coli outbreak tied to Quarter Pounders in the western part of the United States left one dead and 10 hospitalized, McDonald’s entered full damage-control mode. “We are very confident that you can go to McDonald’s and enjoy our classics,” McDonald’s USA President Joe Erlinger said on NBC’s “Today” Wednesday. “I want to say to our consumers that you can confidently go to McDonald’s today.” The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a food safety alert Tuesday, reporting at least 49 illnesses across 10 states. Most of the illnesses are in Colorado and Nebraska, and most of the people who fell ill ate Quarter Pounders at McDonald’s. “We took swift action yesterday to remove the Quarter Pounder from our menu,” Erlinger said. “If there has been contaminated product within our supply chain, it’s very likely worked itself through that supply chain already.” McDonald’s (MCD) stock was down almost 7% at the opening bell Wednesday — on pace for its worst day since March 12, 2020, when the world went into Covid lockdown. The incident — and investors’ immediate dash to the exits — recalls Chipotle’s yearslong battle with E. coli and norovirus outbreaks at multiple locations starting in the summer of 2015. Over the course of three years, during which Chipotle repeatedly failed to contain numerous outbreaks, the once high-flying stock cratered, losing two thirds of its value.
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