Minnesota Chipotle burrito bowl meal led to sepsis hospitalization, lawsuit says
A Minnesota woman says she fainted, spiked a 102-degree fever, and was hospitalized with sepsis three days after eating a chicken burrito bowl at a Chipotle in Roseville, and genetic testing connected her case to a multistate outbreak, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
A woman from Minnesota, Kristen Behne, is suing Chipotle after she was hospitalized with sepsis from eating one of their burrito bowls. According to the lawsuit, she consumed a chicken burrito bowl at a Chipotle in Roseville, Minnesota, on June 24. Three days later, she fainted, developed a fever of 102 degrees, and was subsequently hospitalized with sepsis.
She was discharged on June 30 but claims she has not fully recovered yet. Her infection was linked to a broader outbreak by genetic testing and classified as outbreak-associated by the Minnesota Department of Health on July 1. At least 110 illnesses in Minnesota and 212 nationally are connected to the outbreak. Chipotle has identified a single contaminated lot of jalapeño peppers as the source of the outbreak and removed them from their restaurants. The company replaced them with product from a different grower after the outbreak was detected.
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