The McDonald’s Fresh Express salad cyclospora outbreak appears to be over, according to the CDC. As of September 11, 2018, 551 people are sick in 15 states and New York City. They consumed “a variety of salads” from McDonald’s restaurants in the Midwest. Twenty-four people were hospitalized because they were so sick. Epidemiologic and traceback … Read more
For some reason, Illinois is the state that is hardest hit by the McDonald’s Fresh Express Cyclospora outbreak. At least 273 people out of the 507 sickened in this huge outbreak live in Illinois. In total, 24 people have been hospitalized because their symptoms were so severe. The rest of the people affected by this … Read more
The McDonald’s Fresh Express cyclospora outbreak linked to their salads has now sickened 476 people, according to the FDA. These ill persons live in 15 states. Twenty-one people have been hospitalized. The case count by state is: Connecticut (1), Florida (1), Iowa (98), Illinois (246), Indiana (8), Kentucky (8), Michigan (2), Minnesota (1), Missouri (52), … Read more
The McDonald’s Fresh Express cyclospora outbreak that is linked to McDonald’s salads has now sickened 436 people in 15 states. Twenty people have been hospitalized. The last reported illness started on July 20, 2018. The case count by state is: Connecticut (1), Florida (1), Iowa (95), Illinois (219), Indiana (1), Kentucky (8), Michigan (2), … Read more
The FDA has confirmed the presence of cyclospora in a salad mix produced by Fresh Express and sold to McDonald’s. McDonald’s salads are a possible source of a cyclospora outbreak that has sickened at least 286 people in 15 states and has hospitalized 11. The number of illnesses has not been updated in this most … Read more