U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, wrote a letter on Monday to Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) expressing her concern over an outbreak of E.coli in Washington state associated with Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants. Vetr lowered shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $726.93 target price on the stock.in a research report on Tuesday, October 13th.
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Hedberg said the state and federal agencies were working closely with Chipotle restaurant managers and owners to find the cause of the outbreak in OR and Washington.
The restaurants will begin reopening on Wednesday, according to Chipotle spokesman Chris Arnold.
Going above and beyond required testing, and enhancing nationwide testing of produce and fresh meat.
The company said it has received 900 test results, all of which showed no E. coli. Bill Marler, a Seattle food safety lawyer, says three problems within a couple of months means Chipotle isn’t paying enough attention to food safety. In addition, interviews with people who fell ill and those who ate at Chipotle but didn’t get sick failed to detect any signal for the cause of the outbreak. “If there are any opportunities for us to do better in any facet of our sourcing or food handling – from the farms to our restaurants – we will find them”. A county health official will continue to conduct inspection son the sites. Several people have filed lawsuits against Chipotle.
Chipotle also noted it has replaced all the ingredients in the closed restaurants and will test its new supplies “above and beyond” normal testing procedures. State health officials outlined the process the establishments will go through before reopening. The Business operates Germany.in Canada, six in England, three in France, and one in 1,755 eateries in the United States, seven Nine ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen restaurants are also included by the restaurants of the Company’s.
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County public health food safety inspectors will visit each restaurant to verify these actions.
