Chipotle is removing jalapeños from some restaurants after identifying the peppers as a potential source of a salmonella outbreak. The company released a statement saying it is replacing the potentially compromised peppers with supplies from a different grower.
Salmonella Outbreak Investigation
The health and safety of our guests and employees is our highest priority. We are aware that public health authorities are investigating the source of a salmonella outbreak in the supply chain impacting several food service retailers. We are cooperating with the public health authorities in their efforts.
Company officials said that after learning of the potential outbreak, the company’s ingredient traceability system identified jalapeños as the potential common ingredient from a single lot. Out of an abundance of caution, we proactively removed the jalapeños from our restaurants and replaced them with product from different growers.
Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
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