Update: Commie Food Attack !
E. coli in Northwest marks Chipotle's 3rd outbreak this year
Health officials believe the contamination at Chipotle is related to a fresh food product such as lettuce or other produce.
Chipotle has faced other recent foodborne outbreaks. A salmonella outbreak linked to tomatoes sickened dozens of people in Minnesota beginning in August, according to state health officials. In California, health workers said norovirus sickened nearly 100 customers and employees at a Chipotle restaurant in Simi Valley in mid-August.
"Having three problems in a couple of months means that Chipotle is not paying attention to food safety like it should," said Bill Marler, a Seattle food safety lawyer who built his national reputation with the 1993 E. coli outbreak at Seattle Jack in the Box restaurants.
The common denominator in most food-borne illness outbreaks is poor food safety, Marler said.
People should not assume a company that focuses on local and fresh ingredients — like Chipotle — is going to be immune from food safety issues, he said.
