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Chipotle To Close All Eateries Monday For Food Safety Meetings

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — Hoping to grab a quick fix of Mexican food Monday for lunch? You'll have to find an option other than Chipotle. 

Burrito fans line up at the new Chipotle at Bridgeport's Steel Point.

Burrito fans line up at the new Chipotle at Bridgeport's Steel Point.

Photo Credit: Meredith Guinness
Chipotle has a restaurant on the Post Road in Westport.

Chipotle has a restaurant on the Post Road in Westport.

Photo Credit: Jay Polansky

After several large food poisoning outbreaks linked to its restaurants last year, Chipotle is closing all of its stores from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to talk to employees about food safety.

In Fairfield County, Chipotle restaurants can be found in Bridgeport, Danbury, Fairfield, Shelton, and Westport, with two in Darien and three in Greenwich. 

Six outbreaks affecting hundreds of people were tied to Chipotle last year that involved norovirus, E. coli and salmonella, the Chicago Tribune reported. Those outbreaks occurred in Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts, Kansas, North Dakota and Oklahoma, the Tribune said.

The company's sales slid 30 percent and its stock price plummeted nearly 40 percent after the outbreaks, the Tribune said. 

Chipotle hired a food safety expert, changed its food handling practices and has started testing produce before shipping to stores, the Tribune said.

Click here to read the story at the Chicago Tribune.

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