Ohio health officials say they’ve received 368 reports of people getting sick stemming from a Chipotle restaurant in Sawmill Parkway in Powell.
Officials said that an “investigation is ongoing pending lab test results,” adding that a “total of 33 stool sample kits were delivered today to persons that reported illness.”
It’s unclear how the people got sick.
Chipotle shut down the restaurant, it said on July 30. At least two customers wrote on food safety website iwaspoisoned.com that they suffered nausea and diarrhea after eating at the Powell, Ohio restaurant, but added that they had not visited a doctor.
In 2016, Chipotle was forced to shutter about 2,000 locations and carry out a food-safety training program. It came after an outbreak of E. coli hit the chain in 2015, resulting in numerous people getting sick across the United States.
Chipotle’s stock fell 3.3 percent in after-hours trading on Monday after Business Insider first reported the news.
Niccol, who became the chain’s executive this winter, said that between 55 and 65 stores would be closed out of 2,400 around the world.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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