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Vegan Tofu Burrito Illness - Chipotle Mexican Grill, San Antonio Texas
3 years ago •reported by user-zfwt1886 • business
6302 Farm-To-Market Road 78, San Antonio, 78244 Texas, United States
Me and my husband ordered burritos to be delivered to us three days ago for lunch. He had the steak and I had the tofu as I'm a vegan. We also split chips and guacamole and he had their queso but I did not. He immediately got a fever, vomiting, diarrhea and chills and is still battling it three days later. I had some diarrhea but was okay for the most part until today when I began having nausea and vomiting. Not sure how this could happen to me three days later but maybe since I ate way less of the food and only vegan items? | Symptoms: Nausea, Diarrhea, Vomiting, Fever, Chills
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Cross-contamination of vegan items is possible from chicken that has fecal bacteria. Possibilities include in the restaurant, which is an inspection item, from storage near other food without covering, refrigeration temps above 41 degrees; handling of various foods without changing gloves or washing hands or having no soap at handwashing sink; or produce contaminated "in the field" which could include manure, or again, dirty handling; or fecal bacteria from chicken getting around even a cleaned kitchen. I found a source that some of the bacteria were bleach-resistant. Some restaurant inspections show too low a concentration of bleach in dishwashing.