Safety is first, last, always
September 26, 2004
Tribune Chronicle
Ron Selak Jr. http://www.tribunechronicle.com/news/story/0926202004_new02safety26.asp
WARREN - Restaurant operators in Ohio are, according to this story, hoping education and clean bills of health will stop customers from focusing on recent news stories about outbreaks of food-borne illnesses and persuade them to eat out. So far, local restaurateurs and the Ohio Restaurant Association say the scares aren't affecting their business.
Deloris Bennison, ORA director of communications, was quoted as saying, "People are eating out as much as ever. If they are not going out to eat, it's an economical factor."
The story says that among recent outbreaks were multiple cases of Norwalk virus originating at a Warren wedding reception catered by G's Golden Gate that resulted in the restaurant temporarily losing its food service license; fatal cases of hepatitis A at a Chi Chi's restaurant near Pittsburgh reported by Pennsylvania health officials; and at least 57 cases of salmonellosis reported by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as being associated with food purchased at Sheetz deli counters in three states in early July.
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