American health authorities confirmed yesterday Wednesday that onion slices used by McDonald’s restaurant chain may have caused a wave of infections from the bacteria Escherichia colibringing the number of people sickened to 90.

Overall, they were recorded infections in 13 states, according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

“Sliced ​​onions are the likely cause of the outbreak,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the nation’s top federal health agency, said.

The number of people who they got sick reached them 90the 27 of which they had to be introduced into hospitals.

Also, one was recorded death old man in Colorado.

These onions were supplied to the chain by a subcontracted company, Taylor Farms, which voluntarily recall of the product.

At the same time, McDonald’s also announced that it had withdrawn the contaminated onions.

“All of the new cases occurred before Taylor Farms and McDonald’s recalled the onions,” the CDC said.

Taking into account the actions of the two companies, the agency now considers that “the risk to the public” is now “very low”according to the announcement he made public.

McDonald’s announced over the weekend that it had received the results of laboratory tests showing that there was no no presence of E.coli bacteria in ground beef which he uses.

The bacterium E.coli generally causes stomach cramps, sudden onset of watery diarrhea, often bloody, vomiting and fever, which is however not very high, symptoms lasting three to four days. Most of those infected recover without treatment, but some may develop complications and even die.