Jimmy John’s Warned By FDA Over E. Coli: Location In Mooresville

MOORESVILLE, NC — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, issued a warning letter to Jimmy John’s this week that accuses the chain of serving certain vegetables linked to multiple cases of E. coli and salmonella.

“Jimmy John’s restaurants have been implicated in multiple outbreaks that have spanned the past seven years and impacted consumers in no fewer than 17 states,” FDA Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas said in a news release. “Jimmy John’s has not demonstrated implementation of long-term sustainable corrections to its supply chain to assure the safety of ingredients used in its products.”

In response, Jimmy John’s has removed sprouts from the menu at all of its locations, including in Mooresville.

“Food safety is our top priority,” Jimmy John’s President James North told CNN in a statement. “The removal (of sprouts) was out of an abundance of caution and was not initiated by any known, immediate threat.”

Here are the Jimmy John’s locations in our area:

• 279 Williamson Road, Mooresville
• 19732 W. Catawba Avenue, Cornelius
• 9525 Birkdale Crossing Drive, Huntersville
• 14311 Reese Blvd., Huntersville
• 183 Turnersburg Highway, Statesville

Along with the specification of clover sprouts served at Jimmy John’s as one of the vegetables previously linked to E. coli and salmonella, FDA the warning letter also cited cucumbers as an “adulterated fresh produce.”

“In your response to this letter, please describe and document steps you have or will take to prevent the receipt and sales of adulterated food at each of the approximately 2,800 Jimmy John’s restaurants,” the warning read.

In the letter, the FDA presented evidence linking Jimmy John’s to illness cases dating back to 2012 in California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.

Patch reached out multiple times to Jimmy John headquarters and customer service numbers for a comment but did not receive a response.