On Tuesday morning, a Chipotle Mexican Grill location in Sterling, VA was temporarily shut down after receiving multiple complaints from customers about foodborne illness. The closure was so that the location could sanitize the restaurant. This comes after a handful of Escherichia coli, norovirus and Salmonella outbreaks at multiple Chipotle locations in 2015 and 2016.
The complaints were logged on IWasPoisoned.com, a crowdsourcing website where consumers can record illness and symptoms they suspect are a result of dining out. In this particular case, the Virginia Chipotle customers reported instances of diarrhea, fever, nausea and vomiting shortly after dining at the fast food chain.