Akron Beacon Journal: The number of people who reportedly became ill after eating at a Kent, Ohio, Chipotle Mexican Grill is up to 180, and health officials are still looking into the cause.
The restaurant reopened Saturday after it replaced all of its food stock and sanitized all of its equipment. The restaurant also replaced all of its staff at the restaurant with employees from other stores.
Kent Health Commissioner John Ferlito said the cause of the illnesses could be something foodborne such as salmonella or could be a norovirus that started with a sick employee who contaminated the food. It will be five days before test results of food samples and stool samples from sick customers are known, which should indicate the exact cause of the illnesses.
