Disney Salmonella Outbreak Probed

[cymbaldiva]

True Debbie, very true!

If I ever really gave any thought to what goes on in food service, I would never eat out again!

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Perhaps if we wernt so obsessed with fast and processed foods or drenching everything in cleaners to a point where germs are resistant we wouldnt have such a problem.

A sandwiches with tell tale cam-cream fingerprints delicious:slurp:

 

[Thespis]

Here's a question:
The tomatos were PRE-PACKAGED. Where and by whom were they PRE-PACKAGED before they arrived at WDW?
Why doesn't the Sentinal report that? I think it's a critical piece of information...

 

[hellokitty1]

i may be paranoid as well, but that is why i spend extra money
for bottled water you just never know where the other water
may have been or what condition it is in.

cost more but havent had a problem with water ever.

 

[cuteypatooty78]

So is the water at WDW pretty good? I'm going to try and drink more water while I'm there and was wondering if the water served in the restaraunts is pretty good? I've gotten water at restaraunts here in Texas and some times it tastes pretty bad. :hurl:

Only 20 Days to go!!! :sohappy:

 

[hellokitty1]

lewisville and frisco texas have some really bad water!!!?:hurl:
It in no way compares to the water at disney we have never
had a complaint and I am a picky water drinker.
where in texas do you live?

 

[The Mom]

Originally posted by Thespis
Here's a question:
The tomatos were PRE-PACKAGED. Where and by whom were they PRE-PACKAGED before they arrived at WDW?
Why doesn't the Sentinal report that? I think it's a critical piece of information...

The tomatoes were used in June. I suspect the company that packaged them was notified long before the press got the story, and has pulled all of the tomatoes from that batch. I also suspect that they might only supply to restaurants, who would (hopefully) be notified and discard all of those tomatoes they still had on hand. I have no idea what the product shelf life might be...all of that batch may have already expired, so again, there would be no need to warn the general public.

If you're really concerned, you might avoid eating any tomato products in restaurants for a while.

 

[Thespis]

I guess I wasn't clear...
My question was, "Why does the press report make it sound like the tomatos at WDW are bad when, in reality WDW bought a batch of tomatos from an outside vendor that were bad?"
I know the answer...
Because saying that WDW is serving salmonella tomatos sells more papers than saying that XYZ company sold customers which included WDW bad tomatos.
I don't think WDW was the only customer that bought them...

 

[Debbie]

Originally posted by cuteypatooty78
So is the water at WDW pretty good? I'm going to try and drink more water while I'm there and was wondering if the water served in the restaraunts is pretty good? I've gotten water at restaraunts here in Texas and some times it tastes pretty bad. :hurl:

Cutey, you might want to try and bring some water of which you are used to drinking. When I went to Las Vegas, I began to get sick to my stomach and after piecing together the culprit, I concluded it had to be the water change. Everytime I drank iced tea, iced water, or coffee, I would get sick within 45 minutes. That is a miserable feeling.

 

[Gracy_hm]

Ok

17'th century England wasn't far off in this instance!

 

[cymbaldiva]

What if the tomatos were fine when they got to the World? Isn't it possible that there was cross-contamination?

 

[Talsonic]

You can't be too careful!

Originally posted by cymbaldiva
What if the tomatos were fine when they got to the World? Isn't it possible that there was cross-contamination?

That's a very good point! Just as "mad cow disease" was the medical story last year, West Nile Virus is the big news now. In reality you have a better chance of hitting the lottery than coming down with either one of those problems. However, salmonella is more of a problem:

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/salmonellosis_g.htm#How common is salmonellosis

Whenever I travel to WDW I always take Bismuth Subsalicylate and Loperamide Hydrochloride as a prophylactic measure to lesson the problems associated with food poisoning...just in case!

 

[gjpjtj]

Originally posted by cymbaldiva
What if the tomatos were fine when they got to the World? Isn't it possible that there was cross-contamination?

That's a good point, and couldn't Disney have had a huge stockpile of these tomatoes in store somewhere, and just used them way past the expiration date??

 

[Debbie]

Originally posted by gjpjtj


couldn't Disney have had a huge stockpile of these tomatoes in store somewhere, and just used them way past the expiration date??

I wouldn't think that would happen. With the volume of business they do, there is no reason to keep huge amounts of inventory on hand. I would be surprised if Disney didn't have an extensive course in management training, specifically on inventory control (Rob, you can add your two cents anytime).

 

[The Mom]

I'm pretty sure that Salmonella is a cross contamination problem (germs on food workers' hands, animal waste on food, etc), not a "freshness" issue, so expiration date wouldn't be a factor...at least not for this type of food poisoning.

 

[bearboysnc]

Doesn't anyone else think it's weird that the hold olympic type games for people who have had transplants?

 

[The Mom]

Not really. Most "Olympic" type competitions prohibit any steroid ,or other drug use, and most transplant recipients are on them, at least intermittantly. This way they can still compete, as I would assume they're allowed on a case by case basis.

 

[Maria]

Originally posted by The Mom
I'm pretty sure that Salmonella is a cross contamination problem (germs on food workers' hands, animal waste on food, etc), not a "freshness" issue, so expiration date wouldn't be a factor...at least not for this type of food poisoning.

You are right Mom. You get salmonella when the food you are eating has not been hygienically handled. Those tomatoes were probably not washed and disinfected or were handled without hygiene.
A doctor friend of my family vulgarly says that when you get hepatitis and salmonella and those kind of infections, it´s because "you -literally- ate ". He also says that you could get it simply when someone who went to the bathroom and didn´t wash his hands, then handled your food. *shrugs*

 

[The Mom]

Originally posted by Maria


You are right Mom. You get salmonella when the food you are eating has not been hygienically handled. Those tomatoes were probably not washed and disinfected or were handled without hygiene.
A doctor friend of my family vulgarly says that when you get hepatitis and salmonella and those kind of infections, it´s because "you -literally- ate ". He also says that you could get it simply when someone who went to the bathroom and didn´t wash his hands, then handled your food. *shrugs*

Maria! I was purposely trying to avoid the details...but....yes, it's not a matter of the food "spoiling"...it actually probably smelled and tasted delicious!

 

[Maria]

Originally posted by The Mom


Maria! I was purposely trying to avoid the details...but....yes, it's not a matter of the food "spoiling"...it actually probably smelled and tasted delicious!

hehe...sorry I was so graphic...

It seems that when it is hotter, you hear of these infections more often...at least here. When it is winter, you don´t hear of so many people getting sick for those things, or at least not for eating from the street vendors... (which I never do :hurl: )
:animwink:

I´m a huge fan of salads, but only eat them at certain recognized places, and even then, you could just be the lucky one whose salad was made after the cook went to the bathroom...