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How public health officials rapidly traced the source of the McDonald's E. coli outbreak

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E. coli outbreak linked to slivered onions served on McDonald’s Quarter Pounders linked to 104 illnesses.

CDC documents provided to NBC News offer a peek into the detective work as investigators raced to identify the cause and get the outbreak under control.

The CDC declared the outbreak over on Tuesday ; no new cases have been detected since Oct. 21 .

The CDC and FDA have concluded that the slivered onions were the likely source of the E. coli outbreak.

Taylor Farms , which supplied the onions, also announced a recall of its yellow onions.

The CDC announced the outbreak Oct. 22 ; there were 49 cases spread across 10 states.

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