Now, the CDC has identified a culprit: jalapeño peppers grown in Mexico and distributed to restaurants in the United States. In Colorado, the state Department of Public Health and Environment said health officials’ investigation pointed to two restaurant chains serving the contaminated peppers: Chipotle and Qdoba. Salmonella, however, is generally more common and has killed about a person per year in Colorado since 2000, It kills hundreds annually in the United States. There have been no deaths so far linked to the pepper-related salmonella outbreak, but the CDC says there have been 36 hospitalizations nationwide. Meanwhile, there continues to be no evidence of a cyclosporiasis outbreak in Colorado.