iFSN INFOSHEET: Buffet worker stomps garlic with boots - (International Food Safety Network)
September 26, 2007 – 5:14 pmA buffet worker in New York was caught in an alley stomping garlic with his boots…
An Associated Press writer recently reported on a blatant case of cross-contamination in Rockland County in New York.
In place of a garlic press, a worker at the Great China Buffet was using his boots to crush a bowl of garlic in an alley outside the restaurant.
I go back there, and the guys stepping on garlic, said Dan Barreto, who photographed the worker as evidence for the health inspectors. Barreto says he no longer patronizes the Buffet.
Senior public health sanitarian John Stoughton admits, It was a novel way to prepare food.
After the restaurant was cited with two violations for the incident, the worker was fired and a follow-up inspection was required.
The infosheet will be posted in many locations around Kansas State University and the city of Manhattan with tips to prevent incidences of cross-contamination like this […]
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