21-04-2020 21:30 via ocregister.com

Chipotle will pay $25 million after allegations it made hundreds sick

Chipotle Mexican Grill will pay a $25 million fine to satisfy federal criminal charges accusing the chain of sickening more than 1,100 customers with norovirus over three years, U.S. attorneys said on Tuesday.
The federal prosecutors also said that Newport Beach-based Chipotle pressured ill employees to come in to work.
The fine is the largest ever imposed on a company accused of starting an outbreak of a food-borne illness, said Nick Hanna, the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles.
In addition to the f
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