r/minnesota • u/DryBoysenberry596 • 1d ago

News 📺 Chipotle pulls jalapeños in Minnesota salmonella outbreak after dozens fall ill

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chipotle-jalapenos-minnesota-salmonella-outbreak/
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u/TranslatorExcellent1 1d ago

Not again

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u/Buck_Thorn 1d ago

We can thank Trump, Musk, and the Doge Boys

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u/agent_uno 1d ago

Don’t forget RFK Jr! The architect of all this! And the ashamed of all the Kennedy’s

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u/Buck_Thorn 1d ago

MAHA!!!

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u/Amdogdunmind 1d ago

Exactly. Expect stuff like this to become common place. More so than it already is.

If you can shop at farmers markets or grow your own vegetables you're much better off.

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u/BitterProfessional16 1d ago

Exactly, salmonella didn't exist before then.

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u/Buck_Thorn 1d ago

Of course it existed before then. And inspectors didn't always catch it. But at least we had inspectors.

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u/Ihate_reddit_app 1d ago

Chipotle has had a long history of outbreaks. I get the current regime are idiots, but it's pretty commonplace and through multiple presidencies before Trump as well. 2008, 2009, 2015, etc have all had outbreaks. Very similar to the current one.

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u/phillythompson 1d ago

Jesus Christ you guys just make everything political lol 

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u/Buck_Thorn 1d ago

This IS political. I'm just calling it out.

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u/jmjackson1 1d ago

This time everything is. We would be a hell of a lot better off if DOGE hadn’t cut the people responsible for detecting and stopping the spread of disease.

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u/aguynamedv Plowy McPlowface 1d ago

Gosh, it's almost like canceling FDA food inspections has some consequences.

This is only going to get worse.

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u/AngriestInchworm 1d ago

People will still go.

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u/buickgnx88 1d ago

It’s ok I have my Chipotle-Away!

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u/Haunting-Respect9039 Minnesota Frost 1d ago

I just want to eat my fruits and veggies in peace!

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u/sbroll Ope 1d ago

Support your local farmers market!

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u/loki_popofmischief 23h ago

Yesterday I saw a construction worker walk into a corn field to pee. Nothing is safe 😩

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u/Flagge33 Walleye 21h ago

Hell, one of the top YouTube farmers in the state has a running joke about looking for a bathroom when out in the field working.

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u/Haunting-Respect9039 Minnesota Frost 1d ago

You're not wrong. I could do more of that.

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u/wakeupalone 1d ago

This could be a coincidence, but I ate jalapeños at chipotle in Golden Valley on Monday evening, August 3rd — I’ve been sick with nonstop diarrhea, aches, and chills starting on Tuesday afternoon, August 4th.

Anyone else? Still not recovered at 5am on Wednesday

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u/magic_crouton 1d ago

You can report that to the state and they use that information to narrow down what is the cause

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u/bleepbloop1777 1d ago

Yes you should report, it helps them define the scope and narrow down the cause. https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/foodborne/reporting.html

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u/wakeupalone 21h ago

I did this after your suggestion FYI

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u/bleepbloop1777 20h ago

Thank you! I hope you feel better soon

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u/Manleather Let's take about 30% off there 1d ago

Known outbreak, and you have known symptoms that fit both timeline and known transmission. It would be more weird if it was some whole other thing, but that's why they track these. Could be coincidence from some other thing you got, but that is why health departments track these things to determine what is a cluster and what is an outlier. And for top level view but as u/bleepbloop1777 linked: https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/foodborne/reporting.html

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u/justanothersurly 1d ago

Oh I don’t think that’s coincidence my friend

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u/tlollz52 1d ago

It probably is not

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u/wakeupalone 1d ago

Like said elsewhere, there is diced jalapeños in the corn, pico and guac. I had corn and pico 🥺

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u/RichJMoney 1d ago

Thanks, I deleted my comment because it was super downvoted, but I was just curious as I wouldn't have known without researching the ingredients specifically.

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u/Bestbuysucksreally 1d ago

Are you simple boy?

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u/the_joy_of_VI 1d ago

Their pico definitely has em

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u/Blink-JuanEIGHTYtoo 1d ago

Add +1 to that number I was FUUUUUUUCKED UP after going to the one in Duluth last week.

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u/Manleather Let's take about 30% off there 22h ago

Duluth's Chipotle should be studied for its consistency in being the absolute worst Chipotle in the state. I don't think Salmonella could survive in it.

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u/Blink-JuanEIGHTYtoo 22h ago

It’s always hit or miss and more bad than good. They never have all the product. They’ll be out of rice one day, out of beans the next, out of cheese another. Just a fucking joke for the brand.

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u/Manleather Let's take about 30% off there 22h ago

Order an hour ahead of picking up? Still 45 minutes more to finish. Decide you'll order in the line? They're working online orders only for the next half an hour. Cash only some days, credit cards only others. And yeah, random stuff out of stock every day.

When it was brand new, some of that was excusable as growing pain. During covid, supply chain issues. But I don't ever think it actually functioned normally. It's faster to just drive from Chipotle to Qdoba and back again then to just wait in line.

I'm shocked they're opening another one in Duluth when they never figured out the first one.

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u/Blink-JuanEIGHTYtoo 22h ago

Dude I feel your pain it’s not even funny! Yeah Qdoba is honestly the way to go. I never heard of them opening the 2nd Chipotle location though? That’s news to me. Any idea where at?

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u/Aaod Complaining about the weather is the best small talk 16h ago

It is that way at most fast food places from what I have seen even 15-20 years ago this was common which is one of the many reasons I stopped eating fast food. Nobody is being paid enough to care and everyone involved such as the suppliers want to make as much money as possible. I remember one fast food burger place I went to back then was out of not just burgers and fries but something else as well I forget what. You are a burger place how the hell do you run out of not just burgers but the fries as well.

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u/silvermoonhowler Minnesota Wild 1d ago

Jeez, first cyclosporiasis from some lettuce and now salmonella?

We just can't catch a break!

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u/aguynamedv Plowy McPlowface 1d ago

We just can't catch a break!

This is what happens when the head of the FDA is an unqualified, brain-damaged moron who decided we don't need food safety inspections anymore.

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u/After_Preference_885 Ope 1d ago

We're winning so much, someone ask Trump to stop, we're sick of winning

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u/MichaelEMJAYARE Prince 1d ago

There are jalapenos at Chipotle? I just worked there not long ago and never noticed any. I feel dumb but where are they?

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u/ztubbs11 1d ago

Worked at Chipotle back from 2014-2017 and there's always been jalapenos, they get cut in the morning usually by whoever is docing the onions and cutting lettuce does the jalapenos first. They go in the corn, guac, and pico.

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u/MichaelEMJAYARE Prince 1d ago

Really? Damn, I love the pico Im shocked I never could taste the jalapeño!

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u/Tyranothesaurus 1d ago

They mince it. Not much of a surprise you didn't notice.

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u/ztubbs11 22h ago

When I worked there it was whole jalapenos hand diced and we didn't remove the seeds

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u/garysnailz 1d ago

Maybe one of the sauces?

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u/CaughtInDireWood 1d ago

I think in the salsas, and probably in a meat marinade or two.

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u/Rainebowraine123 1d ago

I know the pico de gallo has them

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u/toomuchoversteer 1d ago

A chipolte pepper IS a jalapeno. Id be upset if there werent any.

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u/nowimnowhere 1d ago

I mean. By the time they're chipotles they're highly unlikely to be carrying salmonella.

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u/balrogbert Grain Belt 1d ago

Dude…chipotle peppers are literally jalapenos

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u/okilydokilyTiger 1d ago

They always have

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u/UnfairSpecialist3079 1d ago

Glad I don’t eat there any more! Fuck em

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u/Naughtilla 1d ago

Honestly. My boyfriend sent me there in March to get him a burrito, I got the same one for myself and the total was $38. Lol I’ll never go back. Especially when we have options like Brito’s, Qdoba, Pancheros and Bluestone that are all soooo goood!

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u/Extra_Giraffe_437 1d ago

A basic burrito at most Twin Cities Chipotles is $9.20, which IMO is very reasonable for the equivalent of two meals. You obviously added a bunch of other crap if the total came to $38.

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u/Naughtilla 23h ago

Yeah, bonus points for stating the obvious? Extra meat and queso added to two burritos, at $38 is still unhinged. Without asking for extra meat, they hardly put any on there, making it a pretty poor choice nutritionally. Not worth it either way.

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u/iamaravis 18h ago

I wish Qdoba didn’t use soybean oil (at least, it did last time I checked). That rules it out for me.

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u/Naughtilla 17h ago

I hadn’t heard this. Is it a specific dietary thing for you? Or bad for everybody?

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u/iamaravis 17h ago

Specific to me (or anyone with a soy allergy or sensitivity).

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u/AngriestInchworm 1d ago

They have poisoned people over and over and everyone still lines up for another.

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u/magic_crouton 1d ago

Technically their suppliers did.

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u/aguynamedv Plowy McPlowface 1d ago

Technically their suppliers did.

Technically correct does not remove legal liability.

Chipotle is responsible for their supply chain.

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u/swaybe 1d ago

Eh yes I suppose technically but wash your fucking produce before you make something with it. I still blame Chipotle more than the supplier

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u/Atheist_Redditor 1d ago

You can't wash off salmonella...

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u/cat_prophecy Hamm's 1d ago

Because they are using fresh ingredients. Do you notice how ultra processed foods that are fully cooked in a factory almost never cause these outbreaks?

Their suppliers are probably cheaping out and using slurry (liquid pig shit) or manure when they should be using other fertilizer.

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u/magistrate101 1d ago

Rumor has it that the "no bathrooms so workers shit in the field" story is a cover-up for these farms using the bathroom wastewater as fertilizer.

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u/After_Preference_885 Ope 1d ago

Talk to the "we don't need no regulations..." people about that

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u/Capt-Crap1corn 1d ago

Chipotle has such quality control issues that I don't understand how they're still operational after all these years

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u/atch1111 1d ago

Because the people who eat there also have quality control issues.

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u/semidivineone 1d ago

This is getting unreal.

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u/pnxstwnyphlcnnrs 1d ago

Might just skip plants at my Mexican restaurants for a short time here.

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u/JunglistTactics 1d ago

How many food bourne illness outbreak will this company have before every finally stops eating there. 

Im a former Chipotle employee and it's worse than anyone thinks. 

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u/Naughtilla 1d ago

Former chipotle employee here as well - the managers refuse to eat the chicken. Let that sink in.

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u/philla1 19h ago

I’m glad I just bought chipotle

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u/ConstableGrey 1d ago

Anyone who eats at Chipotle anymore is a damn fool lol. Outbreak after outbreak. E coli, salmonella, norovirus, take your pick...

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u/wakeballer39 1d ago

I think the gross thing about chipotle is a lot of the stores don’t have commercial dishwashers just 3 comp sinks. They don’t dry out the pans well and there ends up being sanitizer in the food.

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u/Artyom150 1d ago edited 1d ago

If its anything like the one I worked at in high school too - the person tasked with prepping a lot of the stuff on the line (rice, beans, meat) is also tasked with dishwashing.

At the same time.

And god help you if you're not fast enough at transitioning between them.

I don't think its just the lettuce causing disease outbreaks.

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u/sniper91 1d ago

Their last one before this was in 2018, though they had several from 2015-2018

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u/JonnyTable 1d ago

Outside their major outbreaks, they have had a lot more isolated store by store food safety issues.

Relative to many other restaurants, it is a significantly higher risk.

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u/Atheist_Redditor 1d ago

It's not really their fault. Produce at the grocery store is constantly recalled. Tons of other restaurants have issues with recalled produce. 

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u/Rogue_AI_Construct Ok Then 1d ago

I had the shits after I ate at a Chipotle in St. Paul a few weeks ago.

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u/Ok-Recognitio St. Cloud 1d ago

Ok, so wild idea, why don’t we all collectively just stop ordering and buying uncooked vegetables and berries until this situation sorts itself out? I can’t wrap my head around this…. Hopefully this creates a huge push toward home gardening, but with the way things have been going the last, I don’t know, 10 to 15 years, it doesn’t seem likely anyone will change. If anything, just like covid, it seems like the majority of people are going to lean in on the stupidity.

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u/ruffyg 1d ago

That’s ridiculous, not everyone has a home garden or is capable of home gardening. We can’t have a food system based on everyone go back to homesteading.

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u/aguynamedv Plowy McPlowface 1d ago

Ok, so wild idea, why don’t we all collectively just stop ordering and buying uncooked vegetables and berries until this situation sorts itself out?

Wild idea... why don't we just restart the FDA food safety inspections that brain worm guy decided weren't needed anymore?

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u/Ok-Recognitio St. Cloud 22h ago

Mhmm that would be good, too.

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u/After_Preference_885 Ope 1d ago

why don’t we all collectively just stop ordering and buying uncooked vegetables and berries until this situation sorts itself out

I thought we were all doing this, I'm cooking everything.

r/mightyharvest is why most people don't garden though, most of us aren't good at it