Chipotle restuarants have had norovirus and E. coli outbreaks. They have been given a subpoena and the FDA is investigating the situation. Chipotle seems to be handling the ordeal well. The article thinks that at this point in time the public cares most about how Chipotle (and other restaurants in that predicament) handle the whole ordeal. This is directly related to our government class because the FDA is a government interest group that protects our safety as citizens and consumers. Basically, since the FDA is a government interest group, and we have spent quite a bit of time learning about those things. I really don't know what else to say on this, as it is pretty self explanatory/simple to make this connection. I feel like further elaboration
Most of them reported eating food from Chipotle within the week before their symptoms began. Twenty of those individuals have been hospitalized.
Any Chipotle I have always gone to have always had good service. Their employees are great. There is never a sour moment when you ask for anything, they are always kind and welcoming. I am always greeted with a hello and a smile when I step up to order. Even if the employee serving you has had a bad day it never shows, you would never know. Despite the lines being basically out the door every time you come (which is the only downside to coming here), the wait time can give you a headache. It is worth it, because Chipotle for sure serves fast food; they usually have three employees working to serve the food. One to get what you order prepared, one to add what extras you and to finish packing it and one to cash you out. The menu is very easy to read and figure out what you want. They have all of the print on the menu in white and big font so it makes it simple for everyone to read. So there isn’t any trouble ordering what you want. They have many different options to choose from as well. You don’t always have to get the burrito.
C. Thesis Statement- The purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate why Chipotle is an undisputed leader in the growing fast food casual.
Unfortunately, Chipotle is having some technical difficulties. CNBC report that Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant has had a recent outbreak of the norovirus (CNBC, 2017). The norovirus is a virus that can be transmitted through food and/or water. It causes inflammation of the stomach or intestines or both. The virus can develop within 24 to 48 hours but will go away after one to three days with proper treatment (CDC, 2017). So, one of the key issues that Chipotle should face is enforcing a strict sick
The E Coli outbreak was because of Chipotle’s food chain. Incidentally, when your business model is built upon the idea of serving local fresh food, often with the promise that it’s ethically grown and sourced, your supply chain becomes more complex. Consequently, more complexity means more risk. Chipotle is walking a narrow line between offering “food with integrity” and the risk of introducing foodborne
When Chipotle first opened in 1993, the goal was to serve quality food fast, but not be considered “fast food.” To avoid falling under the fast food stigma, Chipotle strives to find the best ingredients with respect to animals, farmers, and the environment. In order to achieve these goals, Chipotle has created a matrix organizational structure that is divisional by location and functional by authority. Chipotle recently expanded internationally to the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, each following strict guidelines assigned by corporate employees from their headquarters in Denver, Colorado. Similarly, each location is functionally organized according to authority: regional manager, district manager, store manager, assistant manager, and
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), cosmetics, animal foods & feed and veterinary products.
FDAs public health protection duties. By ensuring that products and producers meet certain standards, FDA protects consumers and enables them to know what they are
The FDA stands for The Food and Drug Administration. The FDA is an agency of the
To give background on the FDA and USDA for better understanding the USDA is responsible for meat and poultry, while the FDA is responsible for dairy, seafood, and vegetables. The USDA was founded in 1862 to encourage food creation in the United States (Sherrow 15). Dr. Peter Collier was the first person to suggest rules and laws for the safety of our food (Sherrow 15). Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act in 1890. The Act made the USDA inspectors inspect all pig products (Sherrow 15). In 1906 the Comprehensive Meat Inspection Act was passed. The act assigned inspectors from the UDSA to the United States’ 163 slaughter houses. In the slaughter houses the meat needed to be inspected before and after slaughter (Sherrow 15-16). The FDA is also responsible for protecting food from terrorists and anyone who wants to try to harm the public (Wilson). The FDA oversees 167,000 farms in the United States and 421,000 worldwide farms. The FDA only has 1,100 inspectors to inspect those farms (Wilson). The number of inspections done by the FDA went from 4,573 in 2005 to 3,400 in 2006 (Sherrow 34). According to the Center of Science in the Public Interest the FDA has no authority for prev...
Chipotle first opened its doors in Denver, Colorado in 1993, setting out to create a new experience for the fast food diner. They put together a simple equation of fast, fresh and high-quality ingredients and looked to change how people viewed fast food forever. Their simplistic approach has expanded across the years and although they still strive for the same fast, fresh and high- quality concept their views have expanded to include sustainability as one of their main pillars.
Chipotle Mexican Grill founder Steve Ells had a vision to “change the way people think about and eat fast food” (Gamble, Peteraf, & Thompson, Jr., 2015). He wanted to create a
We are not sure how they became poisoned but we are taking serious action. It would cost way too much money to stop production for these products we sell but cheaper to recall all for sale at stores. Unlike the outbreak of food poisoning in 2015 from Chipotle, where hundreds were sick in several state. (Goguen, 2015). Since chipotle is a franchise business with many of business across America and outside the U.S. it is a lot cheaper closing down all individual business than one individual business like Nutritional Foods Inc. This recent food poisoning case was very similar to the case of nutritional foods. Many of people were sick from E. Coli and norovirus incidents that shut down forty-three restaurants. They stated some great information that would be helpful to relating to the Nutritional Food Case. They stated “time delays between eating the food and onset of illness may make it difficult to pinpoint the food that made you sick. On the other hand, if a government health agency has linked a particular food you ate to an outbreak of food poisoning, your claim may be easier” (Goguen,
I’ve always been a fan of challenging ideas. If I have opinions that are different than other people’s, I try to make my point. A lot of things I argue are insignificant, like whether Taco Bell or Chipotle is the superior chain restaurant. But not all of my challenges are meaningless. There are some that I believe in very strongly, and for, what I believe, to be for good reasons. In my third year of high school I stopped standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.
The FDA is compartmentalized for specialization into the Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, Office of Global Regulatory Operations and Policy, and Office of Medical Products and Tobacco. The head of each office then reports to Commissioner of Food and Drugs. The commissioner of the FDA is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate to ensure that the candidate was hired on merit and has the right skills for the job. The Commissioner manages a bureaucracy of civil servants and reports to the Secretary of Health and Human Services who was also appointed by the President and runs the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA was delegated by Congress to protect “public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, quality, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products, and medical devices” (FDA).