what is this it's food poisoning i have it too there are lots of things out there that
can endanger our life but you don't expect your local fast food joint to be one of them
so on that note here are the top 10 worst times fast food chains gave people food poisoning i did
not sleep for one second last night and i cracked the bottom of the toilet bowl god don't say that
kfc the kfc was keeping people healthy kfc has been involved in its fair share of drama over
the years from mutant chickens to expired food but it's also been responsible for numerous cases of
food poisoning while it's fair to think that the chicken would be to blame for most of these cases
in 1999 it was something else that caused chaos indeed it was improperly made coleslaw that
caused an e coli contamination at four cincinnati locations and led to 11 people being hospitalized
once sanitarians declared the coleslaw as the culprit they visited the kfc restaurants
involved in the outbreaks to try and figure out what happened they found a number of deficiencies
in the coleslaw preparation that could have been the cause of the contamination including
three food handling errors the insufficient washing of cabbage the including of outer
cabbage leaves and the use of unpeeled carrots okay really gross some people tried to sue kfc
like geraldine johnson a 64 year old who was put on dialysis following the poisoning more recently
kfc was involved in another lawsuit this time in australia when monica saman a seven-year-old girl
contracted salmonella poisoning from a kfc chicken wrap in 2005 and ended up in a coma for months
and was left with brain damage the chain was ordered to pay 8.3 million dollars to the family
that's a lot of money chi cheese we went to chi-chi's and danced the night away
the room completely disappeared here's the prime example that not everyone can survive a food
poisoning scandal chi-chi's was already barely keeping its head above water when tragedy hit
the largest outbreak of hepatitis a to ever take place in the united states and the chain never
recovered the restaurant was first opened in 1975 and did relatively well for itself until 2003 when
it not only filed for bankruptcy but it also had to deal with the repercussions of the outbreak
over 660 people fell ill and four died after coming into contact with the highly
contagious virus at ichichi's located in a mall in pennsylvania come on man let me just see that
no don't touch it you're contagious everything can fall apart after an investigation by the
local health department the source was traced back to the raw green onions that were used
in the chain salsa obviously chi chi's had to pay out class-action settlements but since the
restaurant was already in the midst of bankruptcy proceedings it made things a little dire for them
overall chi-chi's paid 40 million dollars to the victims who suffered serious health complications
with no money left and a battered reputation chi chi's had no choice but to close up shop in the
american and canadian markets technically speaking you're bankrupt kiddo mcdonald's
what do you want for mcdonald's yes even a giant multi-billion dollar company like mcdonald's can
be caught in the crossfire of some undesirable situations from time to time one of the most
significant ones happened in 1982 when over 47 people contracted a rare form of e coli in oregon
and michigan after eating hamburgers from the chain the illness was apparently transmitted by
undercooked meat and was characterized by severe crampy abdominal pain diarrhea and fever since
the outbreak wasn't widely publicized at the time mcdonald's reputation remained somewhat intact and
it didn't affect the day-to-day operations too much however a more recent food poisoning event
didn't go that unnoticed in august of 2018 health officials found the chain responsible for over 500
people getting sick after contracting cyclosporia cayetinensis across 16 states which hospitalized
24 people the culprit this time the salads mcdonald's had to remove salads from 3 000
restaurants that were at risk of being impacted don't order a garden salad and then eat my food
taco bell and 40. oh crap we got to get out of here that's when taco bell throws all the
breakfast food in the dumpster taco bell is no stranger to poisoning its customers with
its food and has had to deal with the unfortunate task of cleaning up after its mess more than once
so to speak in 2006 the chain was hit with its largest public health crisis to date when an e
coli outbreak affected more than 70 people across five states out of all these people 53 were sick
enough to be hospitalized and eight developed kidney failure people from new jersey new york
pennsylvania delaware and south carolina fell ill between november and december and an investigation
was quickly launched by the fda the cdc and local health officials to determine what caused
the outbreak the shredded lettuce was found to be guilty of poisoning everybody something that
is found in over 70 percent of taco bell's menu items make me one too but hold the tomato okay
and the lettuce a couple of years later in 2010 taco bell was once again tied to
a food poisoning situation only this time it was salmonella contamination that sickened
155 people in 21 states then in 2011 it was suspected of sickening 68 people in 10 states
and was even sued by a 22 year old cleveland resident for making her sick you did this to me
burger king really burger king in 1997 hudson foods an arkansas based beef processor put a lot
of its customers at risk when it had to recall over 25 million pounds of beef that had been
shipped nationwide and e coli contamination left 16 people sickened in colorado burger
king was one of the company's major clients which meant the chain had to do a lot of damage control
before the source of the outbreak had even been discovered over 650 burger king locations were
forced to remove burgers from their menus which for a burger joint is pretty dramatic
you'll thank me later once the culprit was identified burger king officials announced
that the company would no longer buy beef from hudson foods and would be replacing every beef
product in its inventory to ensure only clean burgers would be served to its customers
yes the madness ends here chipotle i have food poisoning we all wanted burritos for lunch so we
went to chipotle chipotle has seen more than one food poisoning case in its lifespan each
more famous and significant than the last it all started in the late 2000s with smaller incidences
of foodborne illness outbreaks in california and ohio when the chain was linked to minor cases of
hepatitis and norovirus but it wasn't until 2015 that chipotle's credibility and reputation really
took a blow 2015 started off pretty rough as simi valley california was hit with a new norovirus
outbreak this time bigger sickening 243 people in minnesota and wisconsin a salmonella problem
affected 52 people and then 11 states were struck with e coli landing 22 people in the hospital
and finally the second norovirus in boston which sickened 143 people fell today on news that it was
temporarily closing dozens of stores in reaction to an e coli scare all of these cases were linked
to chipotle which in total sickened more than 1100 customers between 2015 and 2018. the causes for
the e coli and salmonella outbreaks will likely stay unknown but the two norovirus outbreaks on
the other hand were caused by sick employees who came into work even though they were contagious
the chain's negligent attitude towards maintaining proper health standards was called into question
enough to warrant criminal charges chipotle was charged with violating federal law and ended
up paying 25 million dollars in criminal fees to avoid conviction and agreed to implement new rules
and regulations as well as bettering its safety program and then you get to change the rules
wendy's i shoved an employee at wendy's and they called the cops while wendy's history with food
poisoning isn't as extensive or huge in numbers as the majority of fast food chains on this list it
doesn't mean that it didn't have an impact on the restaurant's reputation in 2006 a wendy's in utah
was found responsible for exposing more than 300 people to e coli after the restaurant had catered
a core academy luncheon and served contaminated lettuce in the end only four people ended up sick
but three of those people had to be admitted to the hospital for severe cases of hemolytic
uremic syndrome an e coli derived illness that can result in kidney failure that's nasty
among the victims megan richards was by far the most affected by this unfortunate event
eight days after the luncheon she was rushed to the hospital after her symptoms of food poisoning
were not resolving themselves her kidneys began to fail because of complications which led to
seizures blood clots and days of delirium after over two weeks she was released but still had
to follow an exhaustive dialysis treatment she suffered from lasting central nervous damage as
well and will most likely require multiple kidney transplants throughout her life all
of that because she ate a seemingly innocent looking blt from wendy's you it's your fault
jack in the box jack in the box wait for children to shout as you might already know jack in the
box was responsible for one of the most tragic infamous food poisoning outbreaks in history
which at the time almost caused the chain to go out of business in january 1993 an investigation
was launched by the washington state department of health when they noticed an unusually high
incidence of hemolytic uremic syndrome in seattle area children turns out the source of their
illness could be traced back to e coli bacteria which was traced back to contaminated hamburger
patties sold at jack-in-the-box locations in the area but i imagine it's not for my
hamburger recipe ultimately more than 700 people were infected by e coli in four different states
600 of them from washington which involved 73 jack-in-the-box locations this led to 171
hospitalizations and the death of four children five meat processing plants were identified as
possible sources of the bacteria which had spread due to undercooked beef patties the worst part
however was that food maker inc the parent company of the chain had already been warned
that the hamburgers were not being cooked enough but they decided to continue the practice saying
that cooking them to the required temperature gave them a bad texture this case served as a wake-up
call to the entire fast food and meat industry and several policy changes were implemented
to avoid future mishaps like these let's not have that happen again jimmy johns but now i
got this jimmy's john showing up on my turf jimmy john's like many other chains on this list isn't
a first-time offender when it comes to poisoning its customers in fact they did it again earlier
this year back in april a jimmy john's restaurant in illinois was suspected of being the cause of a
food poisoning outbreak which affected at least 16 people 15 of which were student athletes from
illinois state university's lacrosse team the majority of the sickened athletes had to head
to the hospital to receive treatment to replace fluids following the undesired symptoms from the
poisoning while the investigation is still ongoing all signs point to the sandwich chain there has
been a murder and you are a suspect okay before that jimmy johns had to pull all clover sprouts
from its nearly 2 800 locations nationwide because they were linked with multiple recurring e coli
outbreaks in 2012 it left 29 people in 11 states sick then in 2013 eight people from colorado were
infected with the same virus this time because of contaminated cucumbers and the cycle continued
until 2018 when jimmy johns finally said enough is enough and pulled the vegetable once and for all
after another outbreak occurred and affected another 30 people i can't handle it sizzler
sizzler the worst version of your favorite meal oh sizzler what was once the number one destination
for hand-cut steaks and fresh orders of seafood has now filed for bankruptcy and is slowly closing
down its restaurants sure the pandemic had a lot to do with this but some notorious food poisoning
outbreaks did not help the matter one of the most infamous ones took place in july of the year 2000
when hundreds of people became ill after eating at sizzler restaurants in wisconsin 64 cases
of e coli were confirmed by lab tests dozens of people were hospitalized and a three-year-old girl
died eight years later the little girl's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit and reached a 13.5
million dollar settlement with the chains meat supplier you owe me money the wisconsin department
of health determined that cross-contamination was the cause of the outbreak due to employees
handling fresh watermelons after having touched meat products after that sizzler became even more
aware of possible mistakes and took every precaution possible to avoid another health
hazard like that when rat pellets were found at two eateries in brisbane the chain decided to
close all self-serve salad bars in australia until they made sure the threat had been neutralized
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