More Food Safety Problems. This Time It’s an Olive Garden in Indiana
This report again highlights that something is wrong with food safety in this country.
Over 250 sick after eating at Indiana Olive Garden - Yahoo! News
Evidently about 250 people in Indiana have become sickened and three people hospitalized after eating at an Olive Garden in Indianapolis. Interestingly, their is nothing on their website yet in the press release area. Although the exact restaurant has not been identified it is most likely this one on 82nd St in Indianapolis near Castleton Square.
If this is indeed caused by e. coli then I think there is very likely some sort of connection between these seemingly unrelated events. According to the report, it will be about 48 hours before any results are know as to what may be the problem.
It could be that the problems at Taco Bell, Taco Johns and Olive Garden all come from a common source. It would not surprise me if it is all the same ingredient (likely lettuce) and that it came from the same geographic source probably in California. This is all just a guess on my part but I certainly hope there is some sort of coordination in this to hopefully trace it back to it origin.
I think this will just add more impetus to Democrats wanting to reform the food safety part of the FDA. I only hope that it doesn’t involve creating a new government agency combining the food aspects of the FDA with the US Dept. of Agriculture’s inspection of meats. AI better solution that I have expressed in the past is to give an adequate budget to the FDA in order to allow them to do their job properly. It may be that the mission of the food safety group needs to be redefined. I would like to see them beef up their inspection force on the food side.
I lived in Indiana for quite a few years so I was interested in what the local TV stations were reporting on this. I’ve listed their reports below. I may even haven eaten at this restaurant at one time. That’s how I know which restaurant it is. There is really only one located in the northeast side of Indianapolis in the Castleton area.
Other Resources
WISH-TV - Indianapolis News and Weather - Update: More than 200 Claim Illness from Restaurant
2 Hospitalized, 200 Report Illness After Eating At Restaurant - Local News
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