“It’s great to have local non-GMO food, but you’ve got to make sure it doesn’t have a fecal pathogen that can sicken 50 of your customers,” Marler said.
Page 16 of Chipolte’s recent 10K is a bit illuminating:
Risks Related to Operating in the Restaurant Industry
Instances of food-borne or localized illnesses could cause
I am not a big fan of The Center for Consumer Freedom, a critic of Chipotle backed by the food and beverage industry, but I have to give them some credit for being a bit “punny” when they took a swipe at the chain with a full page ad in the New York Post reading:
The investigation into an outbreak of E. coli O26 illnesses that may be related to Chipotle restaurants in Washington and Oregon has grown from 19 reported Washington cases to 25 as of today. The Washington State Department of Health continues working closely with local, state, and federal partners on a disease investigation to learn the
2015 Outbreak of E. coli O26 Linked to Chipotle Restaurants, Washington and Oregon
On October 31, 2015 health officials in Washington and Oregon announced an outbreak of E. coli O26 linked to food served at Chipotle restaurants. Nineteen cases were reported in Washington and three cases were reported in Oregon. Four cases lived in …
According to the Washington State Department of Health, a cluster of E. coli O26 cases led to the voluntary closure of many Chipotle restaurants this week. The restaurants under investigation are linked to 19 cases of E. coli O26 illnesses in Washington. Four more cases were reported from Oregon, also associated with Chipotle restaurants. Seven
The Whatcom County Health Department (WCHD) in Bellingham investigated an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 infections. The Washington State Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention assisted with the investigation.
Environmental contamination with E. coli O157:H7 of the Dairy Barn at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds was the likely source
Update: AP now reports that Washington and Oregon Health officials are investigating an E. coli outbreak linked to six Chipotle restaurants in Washington state and Oregon, health officials said Saturday. Three people in the Portland area and at least 19 people in Washington have become sick after eating at the Mexican food chain since October
High Hill Ranch, located in the community of Camino in El Dorado County, has initiated a voluntary recall of its unpasteurized apple juice following notification from local health officials of suspected contamination with bacteria, likely Escherichia coli (E. coli.). El Dorado County health officials are warning consumers to not drink and dispose of any unpasteurized
Over the last week I spoke to two families of very young children stricken by E. coli O111 after they both attended a small town Maine fair and petting zoo. One child was just released from the hospital after suffering from acute kidney failure and the other child was buried a week before from complications
One death and one child still with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).
The 2015 Oxford County Fair that was held in mid-September will be remembered for the death of one child and the severe illness to another due to infections with E. coli O111. The common exposure to the two children was the same petting zoo.
