--- title: 80 Boston College Students Sick After Eating at Chipotle description: Eighty students at Boston College have fallen sick with suspected food poisoning after eating at Chipotle Mexican Grill over the weekend canonical: https://time.com/4140147/chipotle-ecoli-boston-college/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-08T09:34:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T22:26:46.000Z article:section: Health og:title: 80 Boston Students Fall Sick After Eating at Chipotle og:description: The company says it has no evidence that it is linked to the E. coli outbreak. og:url: https://time.com/4140147/chipotle-ecoli-boston-college/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt852f1a8ba3db9b21/698874470a4a22b9839c75e8/rtx1vi9r.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3424 og:image:height: 1926 og:image:alt: A Chipotle logo is seen on one of their bags in Manhattan, New York og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 80 Boston Students Fall Sick After Eating at Chipotle twitter:description: The company says it has no evidence that it is linked to the E. coli outbreak. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt852f1a8ba3db9b21/698874470a4a22b9839c75e8/rtx1vi9r.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 80 Boston College Students Fall Sick After Eating at Chipotle > Sponsored content. 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So this year health experts created new vaccines that can protect you from upto 4 of the latest strains._ by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:26 PM UTCPublished: Dec 8, 2015 9:34 AM UTC  A logo of Chipotle Mexican Grill is seen on one of their bags in Manhattan, New York City, on Nov. 23, 2015 A logo of Chipotle Mexican Grill is seen on one of their bags in Manhattan, New York City, on Nov. 23, 2015Andrew Kelly —Reuters by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Updated: Dec 13, 2023 10:26 PM UTCPublished: Dec 8, 2015 9:34 AM UTC Eighty students at Boston College [fell sick](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-chipotle-mexican-ecoli-idUSKBN0TQ2T520151208#EUg1pADfElsfHf2e.97) with suspected food poisoning after eating at Chipotle Mexican Grill over the weekend. A company spokesman said the fast-casual restaurant chain did “not have any evidence” to suggest that this incident was related to the recent [outbreak](http://time.com/4096624/chipotle-e-coli-outbreak/) of _E. coli_ that health officials have linked to Chipotle, reports Reuters. Fifty-two people in nine states have contracted the illness, 47 of whom have reported eating at the chain prior to falling ill. Chipotle said it had temporarily closed the restaurant in Boston’s Cleveland Circle, where the students, including members of the university’s men’s basketball team had reported eating. According to the Associated Press, a Monday report from the Boston Inspectional Services department said that an employee at the store was sick while working on Thursday. The food chain’s shares fell 6.4% on Monday. The company said last week that the outbreak of illness was set to drive the company’s sales down for the first quarter since the company went public in 2006. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-chipotle-mexican-ecoli-idUSKBN0TQ2T520151208#EUg1pADfElsfHf2e.97)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4140147/chipotle-ecoli-boston-college/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4140147/chipotle-ecoli-boston-college/"},"headline":"80 Boston College Students Fall Sick After Eating at Chipotle","datePublished":"2015-12-08T09:34:35.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T22:26:46.000Z","description":"The company says it has no evidence that the illness is linked to the E. coli outbreak","url":"https://time.com/4140147/chipotle-ecoli-boston-college/","keywords":["Public Health","Food","health","Chipotle","Massachusetts","E. coli"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt852f1a8ba3db9b21/698874470a4a22b9839c75e8/rtx1vi9r.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt852f1a8ba3db9b21/698874470a4a22b9839c75e8/rtx1vi9r.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A Chipotle logo is seen on one of their bags in Manhattan, New York","caption":"A Chipotle logo is seen on one of their bags in Manhattan, New York","creditText":"Andrew Kelly —Reuters","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/public-health/","name":"Public Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4140147/chipotle-ecoli-boston-college/","name":"80 Boston College Students Fall Sick After Eating at Chipotle"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Why Do I Need a Flu Shot? 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