{"id":189791,"date":"2017-07-19T22:35:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T22:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/chipotle-incident-shines-light-on-takeout-food-safety\/"},"modified":"2017-07-19T22:35:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T22:35:57","slug":"chipotle-incident-shines-light-on-takeout-food-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/chipotle-incident-shines-light-on-takeout-food-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Chipotle incident shines light on takeout food safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

If this week’s closing of a Chipotle restaurant<\/a><\/span> in Virginia makes you feel a bit squeamish about eating takeout, there are a few rules of thumb you can follow to help reduce your odds of foodborne illness<\/a><\/span>, health experts say. <\/p>\n

Chipotle said it shuttered a store in Sterling, Virginia, Monday after a number of customers reported stomach illness, including symptoms like nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. The Loudon County Health Department says it is working with restaurant staff and patrons to identify the cause.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

“No specific cause has been determined at this point. We are encouraged that those affected are starting to feel better and we are focused on preventing any new infections,” health department director Dr. David Goodfriend said in a statement.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Chipotle has been working to bounce back from a series of health scares<\/a><\/span>, including a multi-state\u00a0E. coli outbreak<\/a>\u00a0in the fall of 2015 that prompted the temporary shutdown of\u00a0dozens of Chipotle restaurants<\/a><\/span>. There was also an unrelated\u00a0norovirus<\/a><\/span> outbreak in Boston<\/a><\/span> that year where more than 100 customers, including dozens of Boston College students, got sick with the gastrointestinal illness.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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The company instituted new food handling policies<\/a><\/span> nationwide to try to prevent a recurrence. <\/p>\n

If you’re concerned about foodborne illness, you don’t need to stop eating out, said Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency room physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. But he recommends following some common-sense practices. <\/p>\n

“I see patients on almost a daily basis with foodborne illness<\/a><\/span>. It’s quite a common occurrence,” Glatter told CBS News.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The culprit is usually an infected employee who hasn’t washed their hands<\/a><\/span> and then goes on to prepare food, he said.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

To reduce your odds of getting sick:<\/strong><\/h3>\n