Posted on 07/03/2018 5:41:33 AM PDT by Gamecock
At least 19 people were hospitalized as of Monday (July 2) after eating food that had been contaminated by exposure to feces at a neighborhood potluck birthday party in Charlotte N.C., the Charlotte Observer reported.
More than 40 people were sickened and more could become ill with a "highly contagious" disease called shigella, which causes diarrhea.
Someone who prepared food for Saturday's party, which was attended by about 100 people, did not wash their hands well enough...
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We had a similar thing on Eastern Shore of Maryland years ago, where a church noted for its yearly stuffed ham bake sickened scores of people due to improper meat refrigeration and cooking temps. It had been their big fundraiser and people came from miles around, but no more.
Our local church is very small, but requires all food handlers to take a certification course.
Nasty stuff. Decades ago at an outdoor work party on a Saturday afternoon we had about 100 people there, no more than half of them showed up at work Monday and we weren’t really back to normal until Thursday. Some were hospitalized. I was young then and choose to rough-it by not going to the hospital, and it was bad.
We traced it to mayonnaise, which was in the macaroni salad. The weather was hot that day and it only takes a very short time for the microbes to reach critical mass in mayonnaise when conditions are right, and you WILL NOT notice any change in taste - the stuff tasted great.
So I am very leery about anything with mayonnaise where I can’t be sure of the history of it. If it’s a restaurant, for example, it’s probably ok. Same with a buffet if it’s cold (as in refrigerator temperature). But a party, any party, that isn’t professionally catered - no thanks, I’ll find something else to eat.
Yes.
My parents did the stuffing in bird as well.
But you can’t trust everyone to be as careful. As evidenced by the experience of my former church goers.
I leave mayonaisse in the sun before eating it.
You’ll eat anything. :)
Did they use the bouillabaisse as a toilet?
I saw this yesterday. The headline made it sounds like the food was purposely contaminated.
There’s always the consommé.
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