The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) have identified tomatoes as the source of the Salmonella Newport outbreak that has sickened dozens of people who ate at Chipotle restaurants in Minnesota since late August. Investigators worked with state and federal partners to trace the tomatoes back to the farm
January 2016
Chipotle’s Three E. coli Outbreaks Seem to be Over
63 sickened since Summer – CDC to update final reports on outbreak 2 and 3 shortly.
Outbreak 1 – 5 ill: In early August 2015, Public Health Seattle King County (PHSKC) investigated an outbreak of E. coli O157 that occurred among five patrons of Chipotle Mexican Grill located at 1415 Broadway in Seattle, Washington. Illness…
Dole Hit Again with Salad Outbreak – Possible Canada Connection?
Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania state impacted.
Since September 2015, CDC has been collaborating with public health officials in several states and the FDA to investigate a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections.
Twelve people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria have been reported from six states since July 5,…
E. coli Illness in Tennessee Prompts Ground Beef Recall
Snapp’s Ferry Packing Company, an Afton, Tenn. establishment, is recalling approximately 410 pounds of beef product that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The ground beef item was produced on Nov. 20, 2015. The following product is subject to recall:
5-lb.
Good on Ya Steve Ells – Sick Employees Should Get A Day Off
Chipotle’s Mr. Ells: Five Out of Twelve Not Too Bad
James Stewart of the New York Times today wrote: “Chipotle’s New Mantra: Safe Food, Not Just Fresh” and it reminded of my 12 suggestions to Mr. Ells that I posted a few weeks ago. It is good to see that Chipotle is getting a bit closer to adopting all of the ideas I suggested to…
6 Things This Food-Safety Expert Won’t Eat … and One Surprising Food He Will
Bill Marler is the most prominent food-safety lawyer in the US. He has represented victims in nearly every food-borne illness outbreak in the US in the last 20 years, including the recent ones at Costco and Chipotle. He knows just how scary these illnesses are. Shockingly, every year, foodborne bugs sicken 48…
We Lost an E. coli Hero
Suzanne Kiner passed away late last week. During her daughter’s E. coli illness in 1993 she never left the hospital for over six months and seldom left her daughter’s bedside. She willed her daughter to survive and to recover as much as the E. coli bacteria would allow.
I will always be humbled and honored…
On the Food Safety Merry Go Round with Chipotle, Jack in the Box and Odwalla
Seems like I have seen this all before.
Friday a Chipotle stockholder brought suit against the company, filing a complaint in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. In the complaint, the investor accused Chipotle of failing to disclose that its “quality controls were inadequate to safeguard consumer and employee health.”…
Chipotle and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Today, watching the news of Chipotle’s spiraling stock price (down to $410 from a high of $750) and the announcement that the U.S. Attorney’s office is investigating a Norovirus outbreak last Summer in California and a Shareholder’s lawsuit being filed because investors claim that restaurant chain failed to reveal that “its quality controls were inadequate…