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International Business Times
International Business Times
Bruce Golding

McDonald's Quarter Pounders Blamed For Deadly E. Coli Outbreak

A Quarter Pounder with cheese and french fries are seen in a McDonald's restaurant in Effingham, Ill., on March 30, 2917. (Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

One person died and 10 were hospitalized with E. coli infections tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.

The outbreak began Sept. 27 and has sickened a total of 49 people in 10 states in the Midwest and Western U.S through Oct. 11, according to the CDC.

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