Norovirus And E. Coli Outbreak: A Case Study

The article talks about Chipotle’s recent norovirus and E.Coli outbreak and how the public is responding to it. The tex mex company was served a federal grand subpoena in connection with a criminal investigation tied to the incident in Simi Valley. Chipotle has been subpoenaed, by the Securities and Exchange Commission, to produce legal documents related to the “isolated” outbreak, Although uncommon the FDA and prosecutors are working together to try to bring increased attention and punishment to companies found in outbreak violations.During the investigation E. Coli outbreaks raged through Chipotle stores across America. In total 57 consumers in twelve states were affected were hit with some strains of norovirus. Due to the investigations and outbreaks Chipotle
In this latest outbreak the government and its agencies are doing more to get involved and punish Chipotle Mexican Grill as a company. The U.S. attorney’s office for the Central District of California has partnered up with the Food and Drug Administration office of criminal investigations in order to prevent this from happening again. Together their goal is to punish Chipotle and get to the root of the outbreak to set an example for other companies. From here on out the FDA is not playing games, and will punish any and all who break safety regulations on food.
Based on the facts given I believe that the government has every right to punish Chipotle the way they are. Chipotle’s mistake has caused hundreds of people to fall ill to a serious virus and they need to pay. With tighter restrictions and regulation by the FDA, all of this wouldn’t have happened. I believe that the FDA has been lazy and lacks the force behind their threats and laws. In my opinion it should not have taken this major outbreak for them to get their act together. Although they are late on stepping up, it is better late than