Jalapeño-linked salmonella outbreak prompts Chipotle and Qdoba to drop peppers across 27 states

TL;DR
Hundreds of people in 27 states have fallen ill in a salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeño peppers; Chipotle and Qdoba have removed the peppers, and the CDC says the clusters are no longer considered an ongoing risk.
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- Chipotle, Qdoba remove jalapeños tied to salmonella outbreak that has spread to 27 states The Washington Post
- Where People Got Sick: Salmonella Outbreak, August 2026 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov)
- Mexican jalapenos tied to Salmonella outbreak in 27 U.S. states CNBC
- Lawsuit filed over Chipotle salmonella outbreak FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
- CDC links South Carolina and North Carolina illnesses to jalapeño salmonella outbreak WYFF
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