{"id":26499,"date":"2026-08-06T19:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=26499"},"modified":"2026-08-06T19:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:11:10","slug":"jalapenos-tied-to-salmonella-outbreak-in-27-us-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/?p=26499","title":{"rendered":"Jalapenos tied to Salmonella outbreak in 27 US states"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>US health officials are investigating a Salmonella outbreak linked to Mexican jalapeno peppers that has sickened 345 people in 27 states, prompting supplier \u200bCoast Citrus Distributors to recall peppers sent to restaurants including Chipotle Mexican Grill and \u200cQDOBA.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said 36 hospitalizations and no deaths have been reported, while the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FDA said illnesses began between June 19 and July 20. Salmonella infections can \u200bcause diarrhea, fever, and stomach cramps and can be particularly severe in young children, older \u200badults, and people with weakened immune systems.<br>The outbreak comes amid heightened scrutiny of food \u2060safety in the restaurant industry following a recent US cyclosporiasis outbreak that prompted investigations by health authorities \u200band renewed concerns about produce supply chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FDA and the CDC linked that outbreak to lettuce served at \u200bYum Brands\u2019 Taco Bell restaurants and later identified Taylor Farms\u2019 operations in central Mexico as the source of the lettuce. On Wednesday, the agencies expanded the cyclosporiasis probe to 15 U.S. states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chipotle previously faced a series of foodborne illness \u200boutbreaks that hurt sales and led the burrito chain to adopt stricter food safety procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>OUTBREAK LINKED TO \u200bJALAPENOS FROM SINALOA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Health agencies linked the outbreak to jalapeno peppers supplied by a common grower in Sinaloa, Mexico, and distributed \u200cin \u2060the U.S. by Coast Citrus Distributors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company has agreed to recall the remaining product and is notifying affected customers, the FDA said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. investigation identified restaurants including Chipotle and QDOBA, a Mexican-style restaurant chain, that had received jalapenos imported by Coast Citrus Distributors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chipotle has since switched jalapeno suppliers for its restaurants beginning \u200bJuly 20, while QDOBA stopped \u200busing jalapenos on July \u206028 and is no longer serving them, the FDA said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coast Citrus, when contacted by Reuters, said it did not have an immediate comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chipotle shares fell more than \u200b8% on Tuesday after the company said it had removed jalapenos from \u200brestaurants in Minnesota \u2060and other locations that received the product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFDA does not consider there to be a current ongoing risk from these establishments to consumers in this outbreak,\u201d the FDA said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FDA said Coast Citrus does \u2060not \u200bappear to have supplied jalapenos directly to grocery stores and advised \u200bconsumers and businesses not to eat, sell, or serve recalled peppers from Sinaloa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US health officials are investigating a Salmonella outbreak linked to Mexican jalapeno peppers that has sickened 345 people in 27 states, prompting supplier \u200bCoast Citrus Distributors to recall peppers sent to restaurants including Chipotle Mexican Grill and \u200cQDOBA. 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