McDonald’s hit by major E Coli outbreak with one dead and dozens sick- as chain pulls popular burger

A man in Colorado has died after catching E coli from a McDonald’s burger, health officials announced.

The CDC said Tuesday that 49 people in 10 states have been sickened from the same strain of E coli, a deadly bacteria affects nearly 100,000 Americans a year.

All affected patients had eaten at McDonald’s before getting sick, and most specifically mentioned ordering the chain’s popular Quarter Pounder. 

The specific contaminated ingredient has not been identified, but investigators are focusing on the slivered onions and the beef patty, which have been pulled from stores in the affected states. 

A child has also been hospitalized with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), an infection that leads to kidney damage in up to one in seven E coli patients.