Chipotle will spend up to $10 million on an initiative to help its smaller suppliers produce safer meat and vegetables, company founder, chairman and co-CEO Steve Ells said.
Ells made the announcement during Chipotle's companywide meeting Monday morning, parts of which were broadcast on live video streaming service Periscope.
The money will be used to provide help with education and the implementation of Chipotle's new food safety standards, he said. Those new standards include DNA testing on all ingredients before they are shipped to restaurants.
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