--- title: Chipotle Pulls Pork From a Third of Its U.S. Locations description: One of its suppliers wasn't meeting its standards for raising pigs canonical: https://time.com/3667021/chipotle-pork-carnitas-suspended/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-14T15:32:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:00:04.608Z article:section: Health og:title: Chipotle Pulls Pork From a Third of Its U.S. Locations og:description: As long as they still have guacamole, everything should be fine og:url: https://time.com/3667021/chipotle-pork-carnitas-suspended/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16fbc4460b6a3504/69868cdb1eebf7703e370a3b/173671225-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: A Chipotle Restaurant Ahead Of Earnings Data og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chipotle Pulls Pork From a Third of Its U.S. Locations twitter:description: As long as they still have guacamole, everything should be fine twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16fbc4460b6a3504/69868cdb1eebf7703e370a3b/173671225-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chipotle Pulls Pork From a Third of Its U.S. Locations ## Video: 3 Companies Wall Street Loves Because They Raise Prices and Keep Customers [Watch (HLS stream): 3 Companies Wall Street Loves Because They Raise Prices and Keep Customers](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/HKyISV2T.m3u8) (1:38)  _Published 2014-07-22. Wall Street has taken notice that Netflix, Amazon, and gourmet burrito company Chipotle have all raised prices in the past year, but their growth and sales continue to increase as well._  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jan 14, 2015 3:32 PM UTC  A Chipotle Mexican Grill steak burrito is arranged for a photograph at the Sunset and Vine store in Hollywood, California, U.S., on Tuesday, July 16, 2013\. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg A Chipotle Mexican Grill steak burrito is arranged for a photograph at the Sunset and Vine store in Hollywood, California, U.S., on Tuesday, July 16, 2013\. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/BloombergBloomberg/Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jan 14, 2015 3:32 PM UTC Chipotle [won’t have pork at roughly a third of its restaurants](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/14/us-chipotle-mexican-pork-idUSKBN0KN07220150114) in the U.S., after an audit revealed that an undisclosed supplier was not obeying its animal-care policies and standards. The pigs Chipotle uses cannot be raised with antibiotics and must either have access to the outdoors or live in well-bedded barns, Reuters reports. “We could fill that shortfall with conventionally-raised pork, but the animal welfare standards fall well short of our requirements, and \[we\] simply aren’t willing to make that compromise,” said Chris Arnold, Chipotle’s communications director. The audit that discovered the lapse in standards was a routine audit. Chipotle may find new suppliers or use additional pork from current suppliers to address the shortage. Arnold said if the suspended supplier changes its standards, Chipotle may resume working with it. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/14/us-chipotle-mexican-pork-idUSKBN0KN07220150114)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3667021/chipotle-pork-carnitas-suspended/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3667021/chipotle-pork-carnitas-suspended/"},"headline":"Chipotle Pulls Pork From a Third of Its U.S. Locations","datePublished":"2015-01-14T15:32:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T08:00:04.608Z","description":"As long as they still have guacamole, everything should be fine","url":"https://time.com/3667021/chipotle-pork-carnitas-suspended/","keywords":["Food","Chipotle","pork","burritos"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16fbc4460b6a3504/69868cdb1eebf7703e370a3b/173671225-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16fbc4460b6a3504/69868cdb1eebf7703e370a3b/173671225-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A Chipotle Restaurant Ahead Of Earnings Data","caption":"A Chipotle Restaurant Ahead Of Earnings Data","creditText":"Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3667021/chipotle-pork-carnitas-suspended/","name":"Chipotle Pulls Pork From a Third of Its U.S. Locations"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"3 Companies Wall Street Loves Because They Raise Prices and Keep Customers","description":"Wall Street has taken notice that Netflix, Amazon, and gourmet burrito company Chipotle have all raised prices in the past year, but their growth and sales continue to increase as well.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/HKyISV2T/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-22T18:52:03.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/HKyISV2T.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3667021/chipotle-pork-carnitas-suspended/","duration":"PT1M38S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3667021/chipotle-pork-carnitas-suspended/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```