McDonalds E. coli outbreak leaves one dead and 75 ill across the US [Video]

At least 75 people are sick in 13 US states after McDonald’s was rocked by a deadly outbreak of E. coli in is quarter pounders.

Billions of dollars were wiped off the fast-food giant’s value.

A total of 22 people are hospitalised and two have developed a dangerous kidney disease complication, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said.

One woman died in Colorado, according to reports.

No definitive source of the poisoning has in hamburgers been identified, officials with the US Food and Drug Administration said.

Early analysis by the FDA showed that uncooked slivered onions used on the burgers “are a likely source of contamination,” the agency added.

McDonald’s stores in the UK and Ireland have not been affected.

Taylor Farms, a California-based produce company, was the supplier of fresh onions used in restaurants involved in the outbreak.

The vegetables had come from a facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

“We have made the decision to stop sourcing onions from …