They add 163 people intoxicated by McDonald's salads [Internacional] – 07/22/2018

United States.- Last week, McDonald's removed all salads from the menu in 3,000 of its restaurants after a series of cases of gastrointestinal illness.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed Thursday that 163 people were presumed sick after eating salads at restaurants in the McDonald & Fast food chain. In 39 US states.

In addition, it is stated that three people were hospitalized, but there were no deaths.

"The FDA, the CDC and local authorities are investigating the outbreak of cyclosporosis in several states, possibly related to McDonald's salads", reads on the website of the Food and Drug Administration. Drug Administration

The parasite cyclospora is transmitted by the consumption of food or water and causes intestinal diseases.

Symptoms, including diarrhea, may manifest after seven days or more after the 39, appearance of the parasite in the body, says the Center for Control and Prevention of Diseases in the United States.

Other symptoms are a loss of appetite or weight, cramps of Stomach, nausea, gas and fatigue, as well as vomiting, headache or fever