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Ohio Chipotle restaurant closed after illnesses

Saturday, April 19, 2008

KENT — About 50 people at Kent State University became ill after eating at a restaurant that the company has closed and state health officials are investigating.

Kent health department officials inspected Chipotle Mexican Grill today, a day after students went to the university's health center and Robinson Memorial Hospital with similar symptoms: severe vomiting, diarrhea and nausea.

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Kent Health Commissioner John Ferlito says they all ate burrito.

Many of the patients also had donated blood and received a coupon for free food.

Forty-seven people reported becoming ill after eating at the burrito restaurant late Thursday and on Friday. The illness took about 26 hours to take effect and lasted another 24 hours.

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