[BlackJack]

"On June 9, the day of the alleged poisoning, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation conducted an inspection at the restaurant and conducted a follow-up inspection on June 13.

The department found a total of 31 violations at the restaurant, including employees switching from preparing raw to ready-to-eat food without washing their hands and the restaurant was reporting with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license, the PNJ reported."

Hard to feel bad for the restaurant if employees are making raw food without handwashing...

[fsckboy]

what you quoted said they switched from raw to ready-to-eat preparation without washing their hands, from which the risk would be something like "contaminating the cooked chicken with raw chicken"; it does not say that they prepped raw food without handwashing which would be like "not washing your hands after the toilet"; although if cooking is going to kill the salmonella, it'd probably kill the e coli too.

[1letterunixname]

If time permits, prepare ready-to-eat ingredients first, then raw, and followed by hand washing. Separate everything for raw ingredients because there's no time to wash dishes, cutting boards, and knives when customers expect a show AND dinner.

[Alupis]

Doesn't sound great - but then again, you'd be surprised just how many "violations" are passable, even in strict areas like California.

Back in my youth, the restaurant I worked at always passed, but had 2 pages of notes for things that weren't correct. Most are benign, like dust found under the stove.

[zingababba]

I worked as a cook at a TGIF when I was younger. I've seen things...food dropped on the floor and still used...the general laissez-faire attitude of kitchen staff under the right conditions can be appalling. I haven't been to a TGIF since I left and I avoid chains of that caliber as much as possible.

[worstestes]

You’d be surprised that this isn’t uncommon in even some upscale establishments

[red-iron-pine]

there are only 15 waygu steaks in the freezer and tossing one because it might have hit the floor isn't acceptable

[godelski]

I worked at a movie theater and the ice machine had mold. I even not so subtly showed the health inspector who didn't care. This was California too... We got an A rating.

[cirrus3]

Was anyone feeling bad for the restaurant?