Jimmy John’s Warned By FDA Over E. Coli: Locations In Cobb

COBB COUNTY, GA — 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 Cobb County.

“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.”

Jimmy John’s locations in Cobb County are:

• 3450 Cobb Pkwy NW suite 140, Acworth
• 1133 Chastain Rd #400, Kennesaw
• 440 Ernest W Barrett Pkwy NW Ste. 12, Kennesaw
• 801 Church St Ste. 110, Marietta
• 270 Cobb Pkwy Ste. 15, Marietta
• 1337 Powers Ferry Rd, Marietta
• 2941 Paces Ferry Rd SE, Vinings
• 3100 Highlands Pkwy SE, Smyrna

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.