Posted by Natasha Dizon.
Chris Collings, who usually eats organic food, had Chipotle once a week. After eating at a restaurant, Collings experienced cramping and diarrhea. The doctors told Collins that this was the result of one of the twenty-one ingredients consumed at Chipotle and that he had E.coli.
Hundreds of other people got sick in the Seattle area, Boston and California. E. coli, salmonella, and norovirus were found to be in the food. As a result, Chipotle is facing more than seven lawsuits from people affected by the contaminated food. Anonymous former workers of Chipotle claimed that poor hygiene was common during busy service times; people with dirty, unwashed hands were handling the food. Changes have been made even down to how and where the tomatoes have been sliced.
In my opinion, the whole crisis could have been avoided. I say this because poor hygiene and improper preparation of the food took place and could have been the reason for the diseases. As a result, chipotle suffered by facing multiple lawsuits and a bad reputation. The money they lost could have been avoided.
Natasha is an accounting major at the Feliciano School of Business, Montclair State University, Class of 2019.