Chipotle stock falls on potential link to salmonella outbreak in Minnesota

Employees serve customers at the first Chipotle fast-food restaurant in northeastern Mexico on its opening day in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico, July 16, 2026. Daniel Becerril | ReutersChipotle Mexican Grill said Tuesday it temporarily pulled jalapenos from restaurants in Minnesota after learning that their supply may have been linked to a salmonella outbreak.Shares of Chipotle fell more than 5% in afternoon trading after Bloomberg first reported the news."We have a robust ingredient traceability system and, upon learning of a potential Salmonella outbreak in the supply chain impacting several food service retailers, we proactively identified jalapeños as a potential common ingredient from a common lot, removed them from the restaurants where they had been distributed, and replaced them with product from different growers," Chipotle spokesperson Laurie Schalow said in a statement to CNBC.The stock reaction indicates investors see the news as a callback to Chipotle's past as the poster child for food safety issues. The burrito chain was implicated in at least five separate foodborne illness outbreaks between 2015 and 2018. Chipotle added more training for employees, sick days and a...