Chipotle Drops Jalapeños as Salmonella Sickens Hundreds Across 27 States

Chipotle Mexican Grill has removed jalapeños from some of its restaurants after investigators linked fresh jalapeño peppers to a salmonella outbreak centered in Minnesota, NBC News reported. The chain said it had replaced the peppers with product from another supplier, according to NBC News, while the Minnesota Department of Health identified 110 cases in the outbreak and the F.D.A. is also involved, the New York Times reported. Federal and state health officials are investigating the outbreak, which is centered in Minnesota, where more than 100 confirmed cases of salmonella infection have been identified, sfl.media reported. Most of those who became ill reported eating meals containing fresh jalapeños at Chipotle locations, sfl.media noted. The nationwide toll is larger: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that some 345 people across 27 states, including California, had been sickened by the same Salmonella strain, KRON4 reported. Chipotle pulled the peppers "out of an abundance of caution" as the outbreak sickened 100 people, the Guardian reported. "out of an abundance of caution" The precautionary move came even as health officials stressed that no deaths have been reported from the outbreak, with 345 people in 27 states sickened with Salmonella poisoning, Just The News reported, citing Reuters. Primetimer reported that Chipotle removed jalapeños from some restaurants after links to the outbreak, citing People magazine's report that Food Safety Officer Laurie Schalow had addressed the move. The investigation remains active, with state and federal agencies, including the F.D.A., continuing to trace the source of the peppers and the scope of the illnesses.

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