Share

CDC: Three Oklahomans sick with E.coli, possibly linked to Chipotle

Health officials have been unable to trace the E. coli cases to a particular ingredient.

Advertisement


Kentucky Governor Removes Names of Clerks From Marriage Licenses
Washington (CNN)Christmas may have come early for Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, in the form of a gift from her governor. Like the minimum wage order, offenders who have already had their voting rights restored will not be affected.

Because it is not known if these infections are related to the larger, previously reported outbreak of STEC O26 infections, these illnesses are not being included in the case count for that outbreak. All five individuals reported eating at the burrito chain the week before illness started.


Michael Moore Goes After Donald Trump: ‘We Are All Muslim’
In an interview with the Daily Beast the day before his latest stunt, Moore said Trump should embrace his “female side”. Moore also went outside Trump Tower in NY on December 17 and stood there with a placard written “We are all Muslim”.

“The new news flow shows the impact continuing and more importantly a management team that seems to be scrambling for answers”, Ivankoe writes.


Jose Mourinho’s Record Is Amazing – Guus Hiddink Respects Predecessor
He is the one ultimately responsible for turning Chelsea into the largely successful club they still nonetheless represent today. The 69-year-old comes in place of Mourinho who was sacked on Thursday. “That means things are not going as well as foreseen”.

The FDA said on Tuesday the evidence available suggests that a common meal item or ingredient served at Chipotle’s restaurants in several states is a likely source of both the outbreaks.

“The preliminary test that was done on the sample was a polymerase chain reaction test, which is commonly used to rapidly screen for the presence of the DNA of a bacteria, in this case E. coli O157:H7”, according to the FDA.

Chipotle customer Sara Matthews says she loves the restaurant because she believes the food is fresher than other fast food options but she still has her concerns.

On Monday the Journal-World contacted managers at the three Chipotle restaurants in Lawrence, and all said they had not had any reports of customers getting sick from eating E. coli-contaminated food.

The company said it has completed a comprehensive review of its food safety programs focused on each of its ingredients, and the process of implementing related changes has already begun. “We are confident that we can achieve a level of food safety risk that is near zero”.

The most recent illness in this outbreak reported to CDC started on November 3, the federal agency said. The investigations are ongoing.

There was also a salmonella outbreak this year, followed by an outbreak of the norovirus. While the company is expecting a decline of 8% to 11%, JPMorgan expects same-store sales to fall by as much as 13%. The slide could extend even longer, if history is any indication.

At the same time, however, the CDC had some bad news.

Most illnesses were reported from the western United States.

Advertisement

“The Chipotle foodborne illness case will now be studied by restaurant operators, financial professionals, and PR officials for years if not decades to come”, he said.

Chipotle tied to another E. coli outbreak across three states, says CDC