# Qdoba pulls jalapeños from 800-plus outlets amid US salmonella probe 2026-08-05T23:14:19+00:00 | Business & Economy | Indian Opinion Desk Qdoba Restaurant Corp. removed jalapeños from more than 800 of its US restaurants and said it is cooperating with authorities investigating a Salmonella javiana outbreak, Livemint reported, citing Bloomberg News. Qdoba said in a statement that it had proactively removed jalapeños from all its restaurants out of caution, but did not disclose when the ingredient was pulled or which states are part of the inquiry. Chipotle Mexican Grill also removed jalapeños from multiple Minnesota stores after its ingredient-traceability system flagged a common lot as a possible link, and replaced them with peppers from other growers, according to a regulatory filing. The US Food and Drug Administration said the outbreak has sickened more than 300 people since it began examining multiple ingredients on 22 July, with Minnesota and Colorado each reporting 110 cases, no supplier has been publicly identified. A Minnesota health official said evidence so far shows the implicated food was also served at other restaurants besides Chipotle. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Livemint's report credits Bloomberg News, so its sourcing runs through Bloomberg's own reporting and a Chipotle regulatory filing. No supplier or specific food item has been publicly named, and the quoted Minnesota epidemiologist is cited only as saying illnesses were tied to food served at multiple restaurants, not naming which ones beyond Chipotle and Qdoba. The precaution taken by both chains does not by itself establish that jalapeños caused the outbreak. Watch for the FDA and Minnesota Department of Health to name a supplier as the investigation continues. ## Coverage - www.livemint.com Tags: Chipotle Mexican Grill, Qdoba Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/qdoba-pulls-jalapenos-as-us-officials-probe-salmonella-outbreak/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/qdoba-pulls-jalapenos-as-us-officials-probe-salmonella-outbreak/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.