Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (CMG) plans to retrain its entire staff after more than 640 customers got sick after eating at a Chipotle restaurant in Ohio last month.
According to CNN, Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol said that starting next week, every Chipotle employee will receive a new training on "food safety and wellness protocols." As of June, the company employed about 70,000 people across roughly 2,450 locations.
Health officials found that a type of bacteria found in food left at unsafe temperatures is the cause of an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness that struck 647 people who ate last month at a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant in Ohio.
Between July 26 and July 30, customers of a Chipotle restaurant in Powell, Ohio, just north of Columbus, complained of food poisoning and diarrhea after eating tacos and burrito bowls there.
Local health officials say a bacterium known as Clostridium perfringens caused the outbreak. It is commonly found in beef, poultry, gravies and dried or pre-cooked foods that "are prepared in large quantities and kept warm for a long time before serving," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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