New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Chipotle Mexican Grill revealed on Tuesday (local time) that it is pulling jalapenos which are linked to an outbreak of salmonella in Minnesota from some of its restaurants and replacing the same with products from another supplier.

Chipotle issued a statement in this regard, wherein it said that "health and safety of our guests and employees is our highest priority". It added that the peppers have been pulled out of an abundance of caution from all of their locations where a common lot was distributed earlier.

While Chipotle did not mention where the initial lot of peppers came from, it did say that the ones under the scanner were sent across several states to a number of retailers.

Associated Press reported that ...