Chipotle slumps 9 percent after Ohio outlet linked to food poisoning complaints - main dishes in mexican restaurants

(Reuters)-
More than 100 said they were sick after eating Mexican peppers at a Mexican Barbecue Company (CMG. N)
A restaurant in Ohio, shares of the Mexican burrito chain fell 9% on Tuesday.
According to food safety website iwasquioned, the customers said they suffered food poisoning after eating dishes including tacos and burrito bowls at Powell restaurant in Ohio in the past few dayscom.
Delaware health chief, who is investigating food safety incidents, told Reuters that since receiving the first complaint related to restaurants on Sunday, the county health department has received more than 100 calls.
Public Information Officer Traci Whittaker said the department was investigating food samples from the store, but still did not know the pathogens that caused the disease.
The agency routinely inspected the restaurant in July 26 and found that lettuce and beans were not stored at the right temperature.
However, Whitacre said the violation was immediately corrected.
Chipotle closed the restaurant on Monday after receiving complaints from two customers about illness, the company's chief communications officer, Laurie Schlow, said in an email.
"We moved quickly and closed the single restaurant yesterday out of caution.
"We are working with the local health department and we plan to reopen today," Schalow said on Tuesday . ".
The Powell branch said on the phone that it was trying to open the restaurant by Tuesday afternoon.
The news is another setback for the company, which is moving from a series of high
In 2015, more than 100 customers were infected by food safety mistakes.
E. coli and salmonella, and the reputation and share price of chipotel.
This is also the first major food safety issue under the new chief executive Brian Niccol, who has worked hard to bring customers back to the Mexican food chain, once an investor's darling.
Just two months before 700 food safety accidents, the stock traded more than $2015.
"If the story gets attractive, it could have a more serious impact on the stock.
It must be negative at this point.
"I think this is the problem that the CEO should solve," said Stephen Anderson, an analyst at Maxim Group . ".
Shares of the company fell 5.
$ 6%, $439.
60, erase achievements since the Chipotle report was strongerthan-
Same expected profit-
Restaurant sales for the second quarter on Thursday.