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Coli case in Pennsylvania & possible new outbreak linked to Chipotle

That said, the five people who have gotten sick from the new strain all reported eating at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in the week before illness started. The company’s shares, which have lost a third of their value since mid-October, were down another 4% on Tuesday.

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“I will say though, that we can assure you today that there is no E. coli in Chipotle”, founder and co-CEO Steve Ells told CNBC last week.

The seven-state E. coli outbreak linked to Costco’s chicken salad is over, with officials still unable to determine the root cause.

Five people in Kansas, North Dakota and Oklahoma have fallen ill from an E. coli strain with a rare DNA fingerprint, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday in a statement. All five said they ate at a Chipotle the week before they got sick.

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“It is not known at this time if these infections are related to the previously reported outbreak”, the report said.

“We have indicated before that we expected that we may see additional cases stemming from this, and CDC is now reporting some additional cases”. It is imperative to state that post the outbreak the company had assured customers that it would tighten its food safety standards.

Arnold said that the aim is to “near zero” food safety risk to consumers. Chipotle was also recently hit with a norovirus outbreak at a restaurant in Boston that sickened more than 150 customers.

Sales growth was already starting to slow at Chipotle before the E. coli news. This will be the first time when the company will witness this much decline.

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“The Chipotle foodborne illness case will now be studied by restaurant PR officials for years if not decades to come”, Ivankoe writes.

CDC reports more recent outbreak of E. coli cases