Boston College basketball players, students fall ill after eating at Cleveland Circle Chipotle
Several Boston College students, including members of the men’s basketball team, have fallen ill and may have contracted E. coli after eating at the Cleveland Circle Chipotle, according to a Boston College statement.
Multiple students sought care at Boston College Health Services for gastrointestinal symptoms, and school officials determined that all had eaten at the same Chipotle location, the statement said. The college notified the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, who is investigating the temporarily shuttered Chipotle location for links to E. coli.
“There are no confirmed cases of E. coli connected to Chipotle in Massachusetts,’’ a Chipotle spokesman said in an email statement to Boston.com.
The FDA has been investigating a national E. coli outbreak linked to the restaurant chain and found the bacteria in locations across nine states, according to an FDA press release. As of Friday, 52 people had been infected nationwide, but no prior cases were found at Massachusetts locations. Estimates indicate that more than 20 Boston College students could be infected.
“The safety and well being of our customers is always our highest priority, so our restaurant at Cleveland Circle in Boston is temporarily closed while we work with local health officials to investigate a number of illnesses among Boston College students,’’ the Chipotle spokesman said. “We do not have any evidence to suggest that this incident is related the previous E. coli incident.’’
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
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