• Chipotle pays record $25M to settle criminal DOJ charges over food safety

    Chipotle pays record $25M to settle criminal DOJ charges over food safety

    Chipotle is paying a record $25 million fine to settle criminal charges that its burrito joints sickened more than 1,100 people over a three-year period because of lax food-safety practices, the Department of Justice said Tuesday. The fast-food chain made headlines repeatedly between 2015 and 2018 for multi-state food-borne illness outbreaks — including one that …