According to the CDC, fifteen people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria have been reported from eight states since July 5, 2015. The number of ill people reported from each state is as follows: Connecticut (1), Indiana (1), Massachusetts (1), Michigan (4), Missouri (1), New Jersey (1), New York (5), and Pennsylvania (1).
Chipotle Throws Australian Beef Under the Bus
I guess that would be “Down Under” the bus?
And, Chipotle admits to violating the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act because it sold “adulterated” food because it was “prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health” –
Chipotle Executives – Time to Find Really Good Criminal Lawyers
This week Chipotle announced that it had been subpoenaed as part of a federal criminal investigation into food safety at its restaurants nationwide. The subpoena broadened the scope of a previously announced investigation, which focused only on a norovirus outbreak at a Chipotle restaurant in Simi Valley, California.
The investigation is being conducted by the
If Chipotle (and Public Health) were transparent in July 2015, could all of Chipotle’s woes been avoided?
Yesterday, with the announcement of an expanded criminal investigation and slumping sales, combined with a stock price creeping slightly back up from the bottom after a multi-billion dollar free fall, it does make you wonder if Chipotle could have turned its bus around before it drove off this cliff?
Now it could be facing criminal
Chipotle: An Expanded Grand Jury Subpoena is Not a Good Thing
According to Reuters which covered a Chipotle conference call today, Chipotle received a new subpoena at the end of January, seeking information related to company-wide food safety matters dating back to January 1, 2013 and superseding an earlier subpoena that was limited to just one restaurant in Simi Valley.
As I said to Reuters: “The
Washington Post Weighs in on Food Safety
Last week I had a talk with Roberto Ferdman of the Washington Post on “Why a top food poisoning expert won’t ever eat these foods.” Putting aside the things that I shy away from (here is the list), it was good to walk down memory lane on the Odwalla case:
You keep telling
Chipotle E. coli Outbreak over at 60
The initial, larger STEC O26 outbreak was first detected by public health officials in Washington and Oregon through local foodborne disease surveillance. In late October 2015, officials in those states detected an increase in illness and after interviewing ill people, they determined that illness was likely linked to eating at multiple Chipotle Mexican Grill locations.
Will the CDC this week call the Chipolte E. coli O26 Outbreaks over?
Will the numbers go above 58?
Fifty-three people infected with the outbreak strain of STEC O26 have been reported from 9 states. The majority of illnesses have been reported from Washington and Oregon during October 2015. The number of ill people reported from each state is as follows: California (3), Illinois (1), Maryland (1), Minnesota
Boston Chipolte Sickened Nearly 140 with Norovirus in December
More than 120 Boston College students were taken ill after eating at the same Chipotle at 1924 Beacon Street in Brighton in December 2015.
After receiving reports of multiple cases of gastrointestinal illness among patrons who ate at the Chipotle Mexican Grill in Cleveland Circle, the Boston Public Health Commission, the City of Boston Inspectional
Dole Listeria Outbreak Expands in US to 15
Since September 2015, CDC has been collaborating with public health officials in several states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Public Health Agency of Canada to investigate a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections (listeriosis).
Listeria can cause a serious, life-threatening illness.
Fifteen people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria have