Monday, August 26

 
The Double Whammy of Food Poisoning

No matter how awful your job is, at least you're not Disney World's food-services director. In June, according to this AP story from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, salmonella-tainted Roma tomatoes were served at Disney World restaurants on the same day as an athletic competition for people who had received organ transplants. Who are some of the people most endangered by salmonella? People with weakened immune systems. Such as organ-transplant recipients. Yikes! Disney officials said the tainted tomatoes were diced and prepackaged. The Centers for Disease Control said as many as 141 people got sick, and lab tests confirmed results for 18 people. At least two had attended the organ-transplant games.
posted by Unknown 12:17 PM