Chipotle's Case

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Chipotle was ordered to attend a court for its alleged connections to a norovirus incident at a Simi Valley restaurant. Chipotle is required to produce a range of documents related to this restaurant. Earlier in the year, E. coli outbreaks were linked to the chain and 141 college students were reported to have gotten norovirus from eating at it. This article is relevant to US government because Chipotle is going to court over these virus incidents. All of the locations mentioned in the article are also within the United States. It shows one of the jobs of the FDA, which is to insure that the food consumers are eating is safe. I think that Chipotle should be held responsible for the contaminated food. When consumers go out to a restaurant,

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