LOS ANGELES—Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. agreed Tuesday to pay a record $25 million fine to resolve criminal charges that it served tainted food that sickened more than 1,100 people in the United States from 2015 to 2018, federal prosecutors said.
The fast food company was charged in Los Angeles federal court with two counts of violating the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by serving adulterated food that in some instances caused outbreaks of the norovirus, which causes diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal cramps, at restaurants. The virus is spread easily by people mishandling food.
