Minnesota Woman Sues Chipotle Over Salmonella Infection Linked to Jalapeño Peppers
A Minnesota woman, Kristen Behne, has filed a lawsuit against Chipotle after being hospitalized with sepsis, which she claims was caused by a salmonella infection linked to contaminated jalapeño peppers. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Minnesota, seeks over $75,000 in damages. Behne's illness is part of a larger outbreak that has affected at least 345 people across 27 states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified the outbreak strain of salmonella as being linked to jalapeño peppers grown in Sinaloa, Mexico, and distributed by Coast Citrus Distributors. Chipotle and other restaurants have since removed the affected peppers from their menus.