Spinach Food Poisoning

“Not sure. Spinach? My best guess was a bag of baby spinach from there. Or maybe breakfast sandwich from another location ”

“Ate some raw spinach from bag of mixed salad from there. Had three days before expiration although i had to pick out the best, should have thrown away. Next morning starting at 6am, non stop watery diarrhea then 1-2 times hourly, stomach cramps and pain progressed and got worse. Fever... See More of 100.5, terrible body aches from shoulder and neck down, bad pounding headache. Unsure if Covid 19 or spinach. Then all throughout the night, more severely cramping and going to the bathroom with the squirts. Today, bed rest again but any sudden movements and stomach will cramp up. Still going to the bathroom 1-2.5 hours to flush out watery bowels. Feel like crap. Fever has subsided. Have not been able to eat, feel i could vomit but haven't. Had a bag of leftover mixed greens, mostly spinach at noon for lunch. No one else ate it. Next morning started diarrhea then fever and body aches all over. ”

“eating spinach from a can popye spinach i bought a 12 can s from there one week i keep vomiting i went there to return the popye cans they took cans off the self . i felt very sick after eating the spinach it would take an hour to digest... See More and then i start to fell very feverish and start to sweat and would start uncontroable vometing the spinach smells starange i still have the cans 10.00 dollars waste of money ”

“Italian Shorti roll with spinach, tomato, banana peppers, onion, salt pepper oil and vinegar. Only 2 hours after consuming, incredible stomach pain and discomfort. ”

“Report date: Jun 8, 2020
1. Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- comments: person in charge during the inspection without a city of chicago certified food manager certificate or proof of training. Priority foundation violation. No citation issued.

2. City of chicago food service sanitation certificate... See More
- comments: no valid city of chicago sanitation certificate on the premises or such a person on site while tcs foods were being prepared and served. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012. No citation issued.

3. Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
- comments: no written employee health policy on site. Must provide a written employee health policy for all employees. Priority foundation violation 7-38-010. No citation issued.

10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: no paper towels located at the rear prep hand washing sink. Management provided. Priority foundation violation 7-38-030(c). No citation issued.

10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: observed rear prep hand washing sink not accessible surrounded by large boxes of liquid shortening. Instructed the hand sink must be accessible at all times. Priority foundation violation 7-38-030(c). No citation issued.

16. Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
- comments: interior of the upper water reservoir of the ice machine dirty. Must clean and maintain.

23. Proper date marking and disposition
- comments: observed the following prepared tcs foods held longer than 24 hours without expiration dates or labels of any kind. Sliced beef, cooked chicken, cooked beef, cooked spinach stuffed puff pastries. Instructed all prepared ready to eat tcs foods held longer than 24 hours must be date labeled with an expiration date no longer than 7 days. All foods discarded. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005. No citation issued.

25. Consumer advisory provided for raw/undercooked food
- comments: no consumer advisory with disclosure and reminder on menu. Instructed manager must provide a consumer advisory with disclosure (1. Asterik next to the food and 2. Statement about the food) and reminder on menu or table tents/placards on all tables. Priority foundation 7-38-005. No citation issued.

37. Food properly labeled; original container
- comments: all bulk food and spice containers not in the original container must be labeled with the product common name.

40. Personal cleanliness
- comments: observed all food handlers and employees working in the food preparation areas not wearing hat/hair restraints. Must provide.

41. Wiping cloths: properly used & stored
- comments: observed wiping cloths throughout all prep areas not properly stored in a container with a sanitizing solution. Must provide.

44. Utensils, equipment & linens: properly stored, dried, & handled
- comments: must not store clean linens in the employee washroom.

47. Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
- comments: must not use cardboard box as a food container for cooked, hot french fries. Must use a washable container.

48. Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips
- comments: must not use the utility service sink as a drying drainboard for clean dishes, pots, pans or utensils.

49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: observed the table top can opener with encrusted food debris. Must clean after each use and maintain. ----interior rear tall reach-in freezer dirty with food debris. Must clean and maintain.

53. Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, & cleaned
- comments: no toilet tissue provided in the customer washroom. Must provide. Priority foundation violation. No citation issued.

54. Garbage & refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
- comments: observed excessive grease spillage on the top and dripping off the front of the outside grease receptacle onto the ground. Instructed to remove all spilled grease. Priority foundation violation. No citation issued.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: observed food splattered walls throughout the rear prep table area. Must clean and maintain. ----water damaged ceiling tiles in the rear to go food container storage. Must replace.

57. All food employees have food handler training
- comments: no proof of food handler training or certificates for all required employees. Must provide.

64. Public health nuisance
- comments: observed the cashier employee in the food preparation area not wear face covering. Observed customers entering the establishment, ordering food and waiting for food not wearing face covering, not maintaining social distancing, leaning over the food counter and sitting at the dining room tables. No signage posted requiring to wear face covering. Front counter not being physically blocked from customers. Dining room tables not being blocked off from customers. Instructed must wear face covering while working with other employees and customers. Must enforce customers wearing face covering and/or post signage. Must not allow customer seating in the dining room.

Source: chicago.gov ”

“I paid $2.50 for the bag. It was purchased on Friday, 6/5/2020 at around 10-10:30am. Cooked 2 eggs and near the end sprinkled a full handful of spinach bc I don’t like the spinach cooked all the way. Everyone else just had plain eggs. Rest of the day I felt... See More fine, ate all the same foods as the boyfriend. Next morning starting at 7am, non stop watery diarrhea 1-3 times hourly, stomach cramps and pain progressed and got worse. Fever of 102.4 shot up, body aches from shoulder and neck down. Then all throughout the night, more severely cramping and going to the bathroom flushing water out of vowels. Today, bed rest but any sudden movements and stomach will cramp up. Still going to the bathroom 1-2.5 hours to flush out watery bowels. Feel like crap. Fever has subsided. Fearful of spinach now. ”

“I ate Fresh Express Spinach I purchased today from there. The expiration date was June 16 2020 , today is June 8 2020. I started With nausea and stomach cramps which quickly turned to vomiting and diarrhea. ”

“Last night I ordered a spinach pizza and meatballs. This morning I woke up vomiting, shaking, with chills and diarrhea and a 102 degree temperature ”

“Ate chicken masala, liver masala, quails egg sambal, spinach and rice. ”

“Spinach strawberry feta cheese salad Just me for dinner made the salad. One hour later vomiting diarrhea nausea. I am fairly sure the cheese came from another grocery store pick up order. I waited in the parking lot for my order for almost 2 hours. But, I'm not positive. I... See More still have another box of spinach from here as it was buy one get one free I thought I would take it back to the store and tell them what happened also another box of strawberries. It didn't occur to me that it could be the cheese as I know how vegetables can carry bacterial problems. I am crazy over washing these things. I washed the spinach at least three times in separate water but only rinsed the strawberries. ”