Quick Take — McDonald’s, one death and 49 cases of E. coli in the US

Most of the 49 cases occurred in Colorado and Nebraska, explains the health agency… After the announcement, the fast food chain’s stock plummeted more than 6% in after-hours trading. Rai News

The outbreak appears to be linked to the consumption of McDonald’s Quarter Pounder, with investigations focusing on fresh flaked onions and fresh beef patties as suspected contaminated ingredients.

E. coli kills 30 people a year in the US. Sales of Quarter Pounder were stopped in four states.

Caprotti family Easter egg hunt, 1964

For us, children with transalpine blood and habits, hunting for Easter eggs among the meadows and trees has always been a habit. With our mothers and cousins we would scatter around the countryside, well dressed and the girls in their hats; the customary photo would follow, like this one, full of the tenderness of memories, perfect for wishing everyone a peaceful Easter.

The Caprotti family and the Esselunga supermarkets: the Aprilia egg, 1950s

Nelson Rockefeller did not only ownEsselunga in Italy. He also owned a company, in Aprilia, that produced eggs.... In 1961, when by then all four of the planned Milanese shops had been opened, the balance sheet figures for the previous year - $200,000 net revenue - showed that not only the idea, but his way of realising it had been successful. Efficient logistics had been created, from the central warehouse to the purchase of large quantities of goods at favourable prices, but also a production chain of its own: IBEC took over a large poultry farm in Aprilia, the 'Chicken City', and turned it into a laying hen farm with an egg processing plant.