--- description: One of its suppliers wasn't meeting its standards for raising pigs title: Chipotle Pulls Pork From a Third of Its U.S. Locations image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16fbc4460b6a3504/69868cdb1eebf7703e370a3b/173671225-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Chipotle Pulls Pork From a Third of Its U.S. Locations  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 14, 2015 3:32 PM CUT  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](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 14, 2015 3:32 PM CUT 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 "undefined") 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. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/14/us-chipotle-mexican-pork-idUSKBN0KN07220150114 "undefined")\] ```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":"2026-02-22T03:33:49.912Z","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"}}] ```