--- title: Norovirus Confirmed in Outbreak at Chipotle in Boston description: It infected 120 Boston College students who ate there over the weekend canonical: https://time.com/4143382/norovirus-confirmed-in-outbreak-chipotle-boston-college/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-09T20:34:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:14:44.891Z article:section: Health og:title: Chipotle Outbreak That Sickened 120 Students Caused by Norovirus og:description: The Boston location was also tested for E. coli, but results are not back yet og:url: https://time.com/4143382/norovirus-confirmed-in-outbreak-chipotle-boston-college/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33a9c3cfdbe8cde2/698874b3524fc0d11bdf5d87/gettyimages-500446216.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4795 og:image:height: 2697 og:image:alt: 80 Boston College Students Fall Ill After Eating At Chipotle Restaurant og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chipotle Outbreak That Sickened 120 Students Caused by Norovirus twitter:description: The Boston location was also tested for E. coli, but results are not back yet twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33a9c3cfdbe8cde2/698874b3524fc0d11bdf5d87/gettyimages-500446216.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chipotle Outbreak That Sickened 120 Students Caused by Norovirus > Sponsored content. 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Scott Eisen—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Dec 9, 2015 8:34 PM UTC An [outbreak](http://time.com/4142100/chipotle-boston-college-students-sick/) that sickened over 120 Boston College students who ate at a single Chipotle location over the weekend has been confirmed to be caused by [norovirus](http://www.wsj.com/articles/norovirus-confirmed-in-boston-chipotle-outbreak-1449684009). Norovirus causes vomiting and diarrhea, and is often spread by contaminated food. Another Chipotle location in Southern California saw a norovirus outbreak earlier this year, and the chain has also [been plagued by E. coli outbreaks](http://time.com/money/4140531/chipotle-e-coli-outbreak-brand-reputation/). The Boston location was also tested for E. coli, but results are not back yet, the _Wall Street Journal_ reports. Chipotle closed the location temporarily on Monday following reports of illness. Referring to the spate of food-borne illness at Chipotle locations around the country, spokesperson Chris Arnold told the paper. “It’s important to note that we have been in business for 22 years and served millions of people in that time without seeing incidents like we have seen this year … That said, even one illness connected to our restaurants is too many, so we have set a goal to be an industry leader in food safety.” \[[_WSJ_](http://www.wsj.com/articles/norovirus-confirmed-in-boston-chipotle-outbreak-1449684009)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4143382/norovirus-confirmed-in-outbreak-chipotle-boston-college/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4143382/norovirus-confirmed-in-outbreak-chipotle-boston-college/"},"headline":"Chipotle Outbreak That Sickened 120 Students Caused by Norovirus","datePublished":"2015-12-09T20:34:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:14:44.891Z","description":"The Boston location was also tested for E. coli, but results are not back yet","url":"https://time.com/4143382/norovirus-confirmed-in-outbreak-chipotle-boston-college/","keywords":["Infectious Disease"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33a9c3cfdbe8cde2/698874b3524fc0d11bdf5d87/gettyimages-500446216.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt33a9c3cfdbe8cde2/698874b3524fc0d11bdf5d87/gettyimages-500446216.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"80 Boston College Students Fall Ill After Eating At Chipotle Restaurant","caption":"80 Boston College Students Fall Ill After Eating At Chipotle Restaurant","creditText":"Scott Eisen—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":"/tag/infectious-disease/","name":"Infectious Disease"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4143382/norovirus-confirmed-in-outbreak-chipotle-boston-college/","name":"Chipotle Outbreak That Sickened 120 Students Caused by Norovirus"}}]}] ```