Chipotle removes jalapeños after possible link to salmonella outbreak

There are no new alerts at this time Chipotle said Tuesday it had removed jalapeños from its restaurants across the country after they were suspected in a salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 110 people in Minnesota. “Out of an abundance of caution, we proactively removed the jalapeños from our restaurants and replaced them with product from different growers,” Chipotle said in a statement. Jalapeños are in a number of menu items at the restaurant chain, including chili-corn salsa, pico de gallo and guacamole. Carlota Medus, a senior epidemiologist supervisor in the Minnesota Department of Health Foodborne Disease Unit, said the outbreak is linked to Mexican-style restaurants. “Jalapeños are suspected as the vehicle,” Medus said. State officials interviewed 84 of the people sickened in the outbreak; among those, 89% reported eating at Chipotle between June 14 and July 14. The Food and Drug Administration said in a statement that it began investigating “multiple ingredients” tied to the outbreak on July 22.

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