# Chipotle taps Palantir to track food safety after outbreak summer

> The fast-casual chain partners with a data company to monitor risks across locations following widespread salmonella and cyclospora cases.
- Title: Chipotle taps Palantir to track food safety after outbreak…
- Summary: The fast-casual chain partners with a data company to monitor risks across locations following widespread salmonella and cyclospora cases. Chipotle is using…
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- Source: Newsweek — https://newsweek.com/chipotle-enlists-palantir-on-food-safety-risks-after-salmonella-outbreak-12452867
- Published: 2026-09-16T22:51:03+00:00
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- Topics: chipotle, palantir, food safety, salmonella outbreak, cyclospora outbreak, foodborne illness, data monitoring, food safety platform, taylor farms, jalapeños recall, iceberg lettuce recall
## Chipotle partners with Palantir on food safety
The fast-casual chain is building a platform with data infrastructure company Palantir to monitor food safety risks across its restaurants.
## Summer 2024 saw unprecedented foodborne illness
Thousands got sick from cyclospora, salmonella, and other illnesses. Produce items like shredded iceberg lettuce and jalapeños were recalled nationwide.
## How the new platform will work
The system will create a food safety score for each Chipotle location using data from health inspections, pest incidents, and employee illness reports.
## Cyclospora outbreak hit nearly 20,000 people
The parasite caused nearly 20,000 confirmed illnesses, over 1,000 hospitalizations, and two deaths in Michigan. Investigators traced it to Taylor Farms lettuce from Mexico.
## Chipotle removed jalapeños over salmonella risk
In August, Chipotle pulled jalapeños from its menu after tracing them to a potential salmonella outbreak. The chain replaced them with peppers from a different grower.

> The recalled jalapeño peppers are no longer in Chipotle restaurants and given these actions, the CDC and FDA have said they do not consider there to be a current ongoing risk from Chipotle restaurants in this outbreak.
## Other retailers may follow Chipotle's lead
The partnership could prompt other major food retailers to adopt similar data-driven food safety monitoring systems as consumers demand better protections.
## Key takeaway

Chipotle is using data analytics to centralize food safety monitoring across its restaurants in response to a summer of foodborne illness outbreaks.