Off-Tasting Green Tea Illness - Publix, Lake City Florida

255 Northwest Commons Loop, Lake City, 32055 Florida, United States

Me and my friend went to this Publix to pickup some subs, sushi, & drinks before heading to a public event in lake butler Fl. We ate the sushi shortly after buying it and it tasted fine leading me to believe it was fine, had no stomach issues for hours, but I was the only one who drank the green tea besides her having a sip of mine and immediately I noticed it tasted off but just contributed it to it being Publix brand and not what I was used to being Arizona green tea. Shortly after I became incredibly nauseous and began throwing up every time I tried to eat or drink anything, could hardly keep liquids down for a day and a half and couldn’t eat until until yesterday. I was running a high fever and literally felt like I was going to die but friend being a RN said it was most likely food poisoning said they’d probably do nothing beside give me fluids and wouldn’t test me for an infection which was my worry. But thankfully after two and a half days it’s finally passed to where I can get out of bed but while she only got diarrhea & stomach pains I got the worst of it and was wrapped in a blanket trying not to throw up for a solid two days. I’ve had sushi from Publix before and never had issues (didn’t even get any raw fish type of sushi as I got the supposedly cooked shrimp type) but I digress, I was so sick I wasn’t able to take care of my elderly grandmother or fill my plant nursery orders. Just wanted to notify somebody so they could check it out at the very least so avoid anyone from experiencing the pure hell I just went through the past two and a half days. I literally had no choice but to medicate myself to sleep through most of it while trying to stay hydrated & consuming pepto bismol trying to prevent further vomiting but losing almost three days of my life really made me fall behind on everything. My stomach is still incredibly sensitive but I’m at least able to get out of bed now and have the physical strength to do what I need to now. But I’m 95% sure it was the green tea as the taste was certainly off and I only had one small glass. Both me and friend both had different types of sushi all from same Publix as well as tea from that Publix but she didn’t get anywhere near as sick as I did and I believe she only had a sip of the green tea from Publix. I took a picture of it in case batch number or something was needed | Symptoms: Nausea, Vomiting, Stomach Pain, Fever, Cramps, Chills, Headache, Diarrhea