Mmmmm... Good eats!

Im_gumby · 15-March-05, 08:53 AM

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	CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - As if the hair in your salad wasn't bad enough, a city health inspector said there had been "several cases" of tongue rings and other facial jewelry found in the food in the city's restaurants. It was enough to persuade the Governor's Food Safety Council to recommend banning facial jewelry for restaurant workers who prepare food - perhaps becoming the first state in the country to do so. But despite his testimony, when contacted by The Associated Press, Jon Cecil of Cheyenne Health Department couldn't cite a single documented case of facial jewelry falling into a restaurant dish. That's not what he said in a Jan. 25 hearing before the Food Safety Council. "We've had several cases of old ladies finding tongue rings and rings and whatnot in their food," Cecil testified. "We actually had a lady at one of our finer restaurants in town and ... she found a tongue ring." The council voted 5-3 to recommend the changes, which could go into effect as early as this spring. Cecil said he learned of the incident from the restaurant, not from the customer, so no formal complaint was ever filed. He would not release the name of the restaurant. In approving the regulation, the food safety council said nose, tongue and lip piercings were health hazards because a piercing that found its way into food could spread a staph infection. Dr. John Townes, an assistant professor of infectious diseases at Oregon Health Sciences University, said nose rings could transmit staph bacteria - the inner nose is one of the most common sites for staph to colonize - especially if the wearer had a habit of touching the nose ring with his hands. But Townes said a nose ring would have to sit in a plate of food for hours before a sufficient population of bacteria built up to spread the disease. Townes said he knew of no documented cases of foodborne illness resulting from facial piercings. "I think it would be vastly more important for them to wash their hands," he said.

A prep cook singing to himself comes to a frightening realization:

"Wait a minute... I can suddenly enunciate more clearly. Now where did that tongue stud go?"

0v3rki11 · 15-March-05, 09:06 AM

that's the dumbest thing i've ever heard.

I have a barbell in my tounge and there is #1. a VERY small chance that it will come out on it's own, and #2. if it DID fall out on it's own you would definatley notice it was gone.

I think that guy just has some kind of personal dislike for people with facial piercings and is trying to get the law passed for his own personal reasons. i seriously doubt he has the public interest in mind.

Im_gumby · 15-March-05, 09:14 AM

How else is he going to abuse his power?
And what exactly is "whatnot" and how would you know it if you found it?

LwrS10 · 15-March-05, 09:49 AM

" mommy!! i found a hearing aid in my salad!!"

DuckWarrior · 15-March-05, 10:57 AM

Maybe they thought it was Food jewelry...
Or Pasta Pearcings
or Rigatoni Rings

drougnor · 15-March-05, 02:27 PM

Politicians like that piss me off . . . "Things are bad because I said so!" is how it boils down to them . . .

The key phrase for me was "But despite his testimony, when contacted by The Associated Press, Jon Cecil of Cheyenne Health Department couldn't cite a single documented case of facial jewelry falling into a restaurant dish."

Boils down to him making crap up to get the jewelry banned . . . *grumbles off to find morning coffee*

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15-March-05, 09:06 AM		#2 (permalink)
0v3rki11 Cubic - Hoe	that's the dumbest thing i've ever heard. I have a barbell in my tounge and there is #1. a VERY small chance that it will come out on it's own, and #2. if it DID fall out on it's own you would definatley notice it was gone. I think that guy just has some kind of personal dislike for people with facial piercings and is trying to get the law passed for his own personal reasons. i seriously doubt he has the public interest in mind.

15-March-05, 09:14 AM		#3 (permalink)
Im_gumby Slightly Silly Moderator	How else is he going to abuse his power? And what exactly is "whatnot" and how would you know it if you found it?

15-March-05, 09:49 AM		#4 (permalink)
LwrS10 C-hoe-bra Joe	" mommy!! i found a hearing aid in my salad!!"

15-March-05, 10:57 AM		#5 (permalink)
DuckWarrior Retired Admin In Charge of Death and Destruction to All those Who Oppose My World known as PimpRig	Maybe they thought it was Food jewelry... Or Pasta Pearcings or Rigatoni Rings

15-March-05, 02:27 PM		#6 (permalink)
drougnor PCApex Review Editor	Politicians like that piss me off . . . "Things are bad because I said so!" is how it boils down to them . . . The key phrase for me was "But despite his testimony, when contacted by The Associated Press, Jon Cecil of Cheyenne Health Department couldn't cite a single documented case of facial jewelry falling into a restaurant dish." Boils down to him making crap up to get the jewelry banned . . . grumbles off to find morning coffee