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All Washington Chipotle restaurants close amid E. coli investigation
Originally published October 31, 2015 at 10:13 am Updated October 31, 2015 at 2:31 pm
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/oregon-agency-probes-e-coli-cases-linked-to-chipotle

All Chipotle restaurants in Washington state are closed as health officials investigate an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning linked to sites in Washington and Oregon.
At least 22 people have been sickened with the E. coli bacteria, including 19 in Washington and three in the Portland area, health officials reported Saturday. Eight have been hospitalized, officials announced at a downtown Seattle news conference. No deaths have been reported.
In Washington, 17 of the 19 who have been sickened ate at Chipotle, leading state health officials to believe a food product at the Mexican food chain may be the source of the infections.
The culprit appears to be Shiga toxin-producing E. coli bacteria, according to Dr. Scott Lindquist, the Washington state epidemiologist. But tests to identify the specific strain of the potentially dangerous bug are not yet complete.
“I’m concerned that this could be a serious outbreak,” he said.