Iowa, Illinois investigating infections linked to McDonald's salad

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Iowa, Illinois investigating infections linked to McDonald's salad


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The Iowa and Illinois health departments said on Thursday that they were investigating cyclospora infections linked to salads at McDonald Corp's (MCD.N) restaurants.

McDonald's shares fell 1.4 percent after-hours on Thursday.

The Illinois Department of Public Health said it had seen about 90 cases, and the Iowa Department of Public Health said it had recorded 15 cases.


In about one-fourth of the Illinois cases people reported eating salads from McDonald's in the days before they became ill.

McDonald's, the world's largest restaurant chain, said in a statement that it had been in contact with public health authorities in both states.

It said that it had voluntarily stopped selling salads at the approximately 3,000 affected U.S. restaurants until it could switch to another lettuce blend supplier.


"We are closely monitoring this situation and cooperating with state and federal public health authorities as they further investigate," the company said.

The parasite, cyclospora cayetanensis, infects the small intestine, typically causing watery diarrhea and frequent, sometimes explosive bowel movements. It is spread by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces and not directly from one person to another.

Several outbreaks have occurred in the United States in the past several years, especially during the summer months, that had been linked to imported fresh produce including raspberries, basil, snow peas, and lettuce.

(Reporting by Nivedita Balu in Bengaluru and Alana
 

STUARTDELTA

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Well nothing surprises me these years , Going back to my first ever employment after leaving school was McDonald's in the year when the crew uniforms were navy blue ,white short sleeves with navy blue stripes mixed on the white sleeves , anyhow this fellow crew member went to the toilet , then came back down to the grill ,wiped a brown coloured liquid stain onto a cheeseburger and served to a customer , so not always imported ,just look at the crew ,they could be the real culprits.
 

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People are gross lol. Anyhow ever heard of someone doing a double decker? Also I had a friend whom somehow found a way to pee on the ceiling of a highschool bathroom by holding himself shut until building up enough pressure to send pee flying to the ceiling. At least he told me that is how to do it. He never clearly admitted it was him either but he was the only person that seemed to know how it could be done.
 

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People are gross lol. Anyhow ever heard of someone doing a double decker? Also I had a friend whom somehow found a way to pee on the ceiling of a highschool bathroom by holding himself shut until building up enough pressure to send pee flying to the ceiling. At least he told me that is how to do it. He never clearly admitted it was him either but he was the only person that seemed to know how it could be done.

Sounds similar to a fish story.
 

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