DENVER — In its latest statement , McDonald’s claimed the Taylor Farms facility in Colorado Springs is the “likely source of contamination” following an outbreak of E. coli connected to its Quarter Pounder burger.
As of Thursday, 75 cases have been reported across 13 states, with a majority concentrated in Colorado, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) . One person — a resident of Mesa County — has died from the outbreak, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) confirmed.
CDPHE on Thursday said cases have been reported in nine Colorado counties — Arapahoe, Chaffee, El Paso, Gunnison, Larimer, Mesa, Routt, Teller and Weld counties. The agency believes more cases “are going to be coming in.”
“We want to make sure that the public understands that risk may have been present at all of McDonald’s locations in Colorado,” said Dr. Rachel Herlihy, state epidemiologist with CDPHE.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) McDonald’s has pulled the Quarter Pounder from its menus not only in Colorado but across locations in Kansas, Utah and Wyoming, as well as portions of Idaho, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.