McDonald's: More than 100 ill after recent E.coli outbreak

The source of the outbreak was likely slivered onions on McDonald's Quarter Pounder burgers, health officials have said.

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in an update on Wednesday that 34 people had been hospitalised in connection to the outbreak and that one man had died in October.

McDonald's supplier Taylor Farms recalled the onions in October after the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced E.coli - a type of bacteria that can cause serious stomach problems - in the onions were the "likely source".

The BBC has contacted McDonald's and Taylor Farms for comment.

According to the CDC, start dates for when people became ill range from 12 September and 21 October.

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