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Chipotle CFO Jack Hartung answers questions regarding how to navigate inflationary pressures, burrito bowl robots and the company’s stock split.<\/p>\n
Chipotle said Tuesday it removed jalape\u00f1os from some restaurants after identifying the ingredient as a potential common link in a Salmonella outbreak that public health officials are investigating.<\/p>\n
The move comes after The Wall Street Journal reported that Minnesota health officials are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella associated with jalape\u00f1os served at Mexican-style quick-service restaurants, with Chipotle a focus of the investigation.<\/p>\n
According to the Journal, the Minnesota Department of Health has identified 110 cases of Salmonella Javiana tied to the outbreak. Of the 84 people interviewed after becoming ill, 89% reported eating at Chipotle between mid-June and last month, citing Carlota Medus, senior epidemiologist supervisor in the department’s foodborne diseases unit.<\/p>\n
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Chipotle’s Burrito Loading Zone (iStock \/ iStock)<\/p>\n
In a statement Tuesday, Chipotle said it is aware that public health authorities are investigating “the source of a Salmonella outbreak in the supply chain impacting several food service retailers.”<\/p>\n
“The health and safety of our guests and employees is our highest priority,” the company said.<\/p>\n
Chipotle said it immediately activated its ingredient traceability system after learning of the potential outbreak and identified jalape\u00f1os from a common lot as a potential shared ingredient.<\/p>\n
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Customers wait in line as a Chipotle employee prepares orders at a Chipotle restaurant. (Getty Images\/ Joe Raedle \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n
“Out of an abundance of caution, we proactively removed the jalape\u00f1os from our restaurants and replaced them with product from different growers,” the company said.<\/p>\n
The Journal also reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is conducting a traceback investigation involving jalape\u00f1os and other potential sources.<\/p>\n
“We have a robust ingredient traceability system,” Laurie Schalow, Chipotle’s chief corporate affairs and food safety officer, said in the company’s statement.<\/p>\n
The latest investigation revives memories of Chipotle’s 2015 food safety crisis, when separate E. coli outbreaks linked to meals at the chain sickened 60 people across multiple states. A separate Salmonella outbreak in Minnesota that year was traced to tomatoes served at a single Chipotle restaurant. The incidents prompted the company to overhaul its food safety program and strengthen measures, including ingredient traceability.<\/p>\n
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FOX Business has reached out to Chipotle and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for additional comment.<\/p>\n
Chipotle shares fell 7.3% Tuesday, according to the Journal.<\/p>\n
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