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Since 2015, Chipotle has suffered multiple scandals of food-borne illness. The latest Chipotle outbreak has left more than 700 people ill. What does the Mexican grill have yet to learn?

In my last blog, “Hey, Chipotle, Can You Say Risk Management Rehab?” I took a look at the company’s timeline, and more specifically asked the question as to whether changing their CEO structure twice in less than two years was really the answer to their spicy woes.

This latest Chipotle outbreak, which has been ongo

Chipotle needs risk management rehab. In less than two years, the Mexican grill has changed CEOs twice in an effort to regain their once-held reputation as a beloved fast-food chain. A new CEO, however, isn’t the solution. Multiple cases of food-borne illness before, during, and since executive switch-ups have proven the restaurant needs to adopt a stronger enterprise risk management process.

Let’s consider a timeline of events:

• 2015 – coli outbreaks linked to Chipotle restaurants were detected by