Tomatoes served at 22 Chipotle Mexican Grill locations in Minnesota were the source of the recent Salmonella Newport outbreak which sickened 64 people and hospitalized nine of them. All are recovering, according to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH).
Investigators from MDH, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are now working to trace the tomatoes back to the out-of-state farm they came from.
Those sickened reported eating at one of 22 Chipotle restaurant locations in Minnesota from Aug. 16-28, with illness onsets between Aug. 19-Sept. 3. They range in age from 10-69 years old and are from 13 counties near Minneapolis and a few others outside the metro area, MDH stated.
Chipotle has since switched tomato suppliers and the product has been removed from stores, according to MDH.