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Saturday 21 November 2015
E. coli outbreak linked to Chipotle expands to 6 states
CANDICE CHOI Oregon and Washington in A customer leaves a Chipotle restaurant with food in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015.
AP Food Industry Writer late October after health Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — An officials discovered most of
outbreak of E. coli linked to the people sickened in the outbreak had spread, at restaurants in Turlock, really focusing on right
Chipotle that originated in outbreak had eaten at its shares of Chipotle plunged
the Pacific Northwest has restaurants. The restaurants more than 12 percent to a California; Akron, Ohio; now is the supply chain.
spread south and east and have since reopened. new low for the year.
has now infected people in “At the moment, we do not Chipotle said affected Amherst, New York and What’s the common
six states. believe that it is necessary individuals reported eating
New cases have been to close any restaurants,” Burnsville, Minnesota. The denominator? Who
reported in California, New Chipotle spokesman Chris
York and Ohio, the Centers Arnold said in an email. company said it is not supplied what product to
for Disease Control and He said the company
Prevention said Friday. The has taken measures aware of any employees these stores?”
first cases were discovered including deep cleaning
late last month in Oregon in restaurants, replacing
and Washington, and more ingredients and providing
recently in Minnesota. supply chain data to
Investigators have yet to investigators.
determine the specific Chipotle, based in Denver,
ingredient linked to the has more than 1,900
illness. locations and has gained
So far, 45 people have popularity by touting
been infected, with 43 of the freshness and quality
them saying they ate at of its ingredients. Earlier
Chipotle in the week before this year, the company
they became sick. The CDC ran into trouble after
said it is aware of illnesses suspending a pork supplier
starting on dates ranging that violated its animal
from Oct. 19 to Nov. 8. The welfare standards. That led
agency said that illnesses to a shortage of carnitas
that took place after Oct. at hundreds of locations
31 may not have been around the country,
reported yet. which the company said
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. dampened its sales growth.
closed 43 restaurants in On news Friday that the
who have become ill. Of those sickened, two
Bill Marler, a Seattle have been in California,
attorney representing two in Minnesota, one in
people who have been New York, one in Ohio,
sickened, said the spread 13 in Oregon and 26 in
of the outbreak will make Washington, according to
it easier to determine the the CDC.
source. Sixteen people have been
“It helps investigators link hospitalized, but there
up to a perishable item,” have been no deaths, the
Marler said. “What they’re agency said.q
