Del Taco Food Poisoning

“I am unsure if I truly have food poisoning but...
I had a plate thing that had a “wet burrito”, beans, rice (didn’t eat), chips, and avocado on the burrito. I ate around 9:00- 10:00-ish and felt nauseous and like I had to vomit around 11:30, vomited at 11:43. It... See More may have been the meat in the burrito, I didn’t like it so I took most of it out but had eaten some. ”

“My son and I each ate 4 tacos the other day. Have been both sick with an upset, gurgling stomach and diarrhea. Wondering if the lettuce was contaminated. Worried now due to all the recalls on lettuce right now! My son and I both started getting an upset stomach and... See More diarrhea yesterday. We had the tacos the night before at dinner time. I believe it could’ve been the lettuce they put on our tacos. Ordered from there ”

“I had the beef with sour cream and avacado. Within an hour of eating I felt nauseous. Vomiting occurred a few hours after. I still have nausea and a headache. ”

“On Monday we had it me and my 14-year-old son, we both until now have diarrhea sometimes stomach pain for the last five days nonstop. We ate two spicy burrito with chicken and a cheese quesadilla, for some reason when I was chewing the chicken it felt robbery like and... See More with him from there before we know the difference never been like that ”

“My friends and I got 2 fiesta packs, one with beef soft tacos and one with chicken soft tacos, both with red burritos, and I ate 3 beef soft tacos and 1 red burrito. About 4-5 hours later I started feeling bloated and my lower belly was cramping, so I... See More went to the bathroom and then had diarrhea, and have been having bouts of it for about 6 hours now. 2 weeks ago we ate at another their location and later that night the same thing happened, but i thought it was from swimming, but today we didn't go swimming we just ate and hung out. It seems to be the food. ”

“Ate 1 del beef deluxe burrito. Symptoms started 3 hours later. I did not eat anything else today.  ”

“Report date: May 11, 2020
3. Management, food employee and conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities and reporting
- comments: found no employee health policy/training on site. Instructed to provide. Priority foundation violation 7-38-010 no citation issued

10. Adequate handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible
- comments: instructed to provide hand washing... See More signage at all handsinks (front/rear prep)

16. Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
- comments: found interior surfaces of ice machine with visible mold like substances (pink and black slimy substance) severe build-up likely to contaminate the ice which to be used for human consumption. Instructed to empty ice machine. Must clean (wash, rinse and sanitize) and maintain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005 citation issued

23. Proper date marking and disposition
- comments: instructed to properly label and date ready to eat tcs foods held over 24 hours inside coolers. Must identify product shelf life or 'consume by' dating (7 days from preparation date). Priority foundation violation 7-38-005 no citation issued

25. Consumer advisory provided for raw/undercooked food
- comments: found no consumer advisory or disclosure and reminder posted and on menus for raw/undercooked foods. Instructed to provide. Priority foundation violation 7-38-005 no citation issued

37. Food properly labeled; original container
- comments: instructed to properly label food containers identified with common name (beans, rice, sugar, salt etc).

47. Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
- comments: instructed to clean and repaint or replace storage metal racks with rust accumulation inside walk in cooler in rear prep area.

47. Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used
- comments: noted hand washing sink wood counter top in poor repair in rear prep/dishwashing area (wood starts rotting). Instructed to repair or replace.

54. Garbage & refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
- comments: instructed to clean and maintain rear outside garbage area. Must remove some litter on ground under and around garbage dumpster.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: instructed to clean and maintain walls with dried food spillage around front prep/cooking area.

55. Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean
- comments: instructed to clean and maintain kitchen hood and filters with grease accumulation above cooking equipment in front prep/cooking area.

Source: chicago.gov ”

“We had gotten it for dinner and my daughter got a chocolate shake from there immediately after she drank it she began to feel sick and started vomiting and now she had a low grade fever I will never eat there again My daughter was the only one that got... See More sick after drinking the Milk shake. Immediately after she drank it she began to feel sick and started to vomit ”

“Last Friday 5/1/20 I decided to just grab a quick lunch to eat at home. They had a new menu item the chicken taco Al-Carbon I ordered that and two other tacos. I only ate the new one and decided to save the other two for the next day. 2:30am... See More felt like some one was stabbing me in the guts. Just real bad stomach pain. Wasn't until the next day the vomiting and toilet trips started. Still had very bad abdominal pain. It's been 6 days and I am just starting to feel better and I will never eat there again. ”

“I ate the beyond meat burrito and a beyond meat taco from there. I was having really bad flatulence the whole night, woke up the next morning, and I thought "here comes another one" and heard a wet sound. Immediately went to the bathroom and had the worst diarrhea. Just... See More the absolute worst. ”