All contaminated products related to the E. coli outbreak that became ill 75 people from 13 countries, with one death reportedare now completely out of McDonald’s restaurants, the company said in a statement Sunday.

“The issue appears to be limited to a specific ingredient and a specific geography, and we remain very confident that any contaminated product related to this outbreak has been removed from our supply chain and is not from all McDonald’s restaurants,” a McDonald’s spokesperson said. McDonald’s.

The E. coli infections, first reported Sept. 27 in Colorado, were linked to recent consumption of Quarter Pounder hamburgers. The Food and Drug Administration, one of the authorities investigating the outbreak, said the onion cut from the burgers was a “probable source of contamination.”

McDonald’s confirmed in a statement to ABC News that Taylor Farms is the supplier of the onions and said it stopped using them as of October 22.

“The CDC noted that our proactive steps have resulted in the risk to the public being ‘very low,'” McDonald’s said in the statement, adding that “it’s a reminder of how our values ​​must guide us every day: We put people first and do the right thing.”

Currently, 26 cases have been reported in Colorado, which remains the hardest-hit state, and 13 in Montana. Other cases have been reported in Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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Of the 61 people sickened during the outbreak that the CDC has information about, 22 were hospitalized, and two developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a serious, potentially fatal complication that can cause kidney failure, according to the CDC.

“We are committed to making this right for all customers who ate at McDonald’s and suffered illness as a result of the outbreak,” the statement said, without elaborating.

It goes on to explain that McDonald’s has confirmed that there is no E. coli in its Quarter Pounder beef patties and has officially ruled out the patties as the source of the outbreak.

Although the company had previously halted the sale of Quarter Pounders in the Colorado Springs area out of an “abundance of caution” until this could be confirmed, it now planned to resume distribution in the coming week.

At the same time, 900 stores will continue to sell Quarter Pounders without chopped onions that were previously supplied by Taylor Farms, and — as the company publicly announced last week — McDonald’s will stop sourcing onions from that partner for an unlimited period.

The last known person with symptoms related to the E. coli outbreak became ill on October 10.

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