Similar to recent Oregon story where school children had their pretzels coated with oven cleaner instead of salt.
this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2026
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That's what immediately came to my mind.
I've cleaned my own oven and worked in various kitchens, what the hell kind of oven cleaner they using now? And why the fuck is this shit in unlabled bags!?
"On the morning of Oct. 26, according to the Health District statement, “a restaurant employee received a granulated degreasing chemical from a contracted worker who was power washing the exterior, and placed it into an unlabeled container.”" ...wtf.
Probably Lye Crystals?
Why do we not have such stories in Europe 🤔?
In most countries there are very strict regulations around storing chemicals in labeled and approved containers. I would be surprised if the US doesnt have similar laws, but training and enforcement of such things definitely seems to be a lower priority over there.
The eatery in Forest City was shut down Thursday after the customers, who had ordered the drinks shortly after the restaurant opened for lunch, “immediately experienced discomfort and chemical burns in and around their mouths,” the Foothills Health District said in a statement.
“Two restaurant employees subsequently tasted the substance and reported similar symptoms,” the statement said.
It was reopened the next day after local health inspectors discovered that a worker “preparing the bar for lunch service discovered the unlabeled container and, believing its contents to be sugar, used the chemical to prepare the margarita station.”
Chili’s, according to its menu, offers several margaritas that are made with a “citrus-sugar rimmer” in addition to the traditional salt.
Health District spokesperson Megan Rollins said in an email the investigation was closed and no fines were issued. She said the injured people received medical treatment, but she had no information about their conditions.
And that's why everything is supposed to be labeled.
How on earth were no fines issued? At the very least, the restaurant deserves a slap on the wrist. People were injured by a careless mistake.
Those customers should fucking sue them into bankruptcy, and health department for not fining them. This is easy win. Not like thar medical care was fucking free in America.
Burning feeling after a lunchtime rimmer ar Chili's. Tale as old as time.
OSHA exists for a reason. SDSs are important.
OSHA was hit by DOGE I thought.
Not to mention the weird thing where it's not a government agency? I never fully understood that.
https://www.nelp.org/defending-worker-safety-responding-to-osha-and-mshas-dangerous-rollbacks/
At one point, DOGE shot down NioSH because of air contamination issues at Tesla.
I think we've come full circle and they're calls MSDSs again.
That was the dumbest thing to happen to workplace safety. People making rules just to justify their jobs.
WTF?!
The bad food handling practices I've seen at restaurants makes me not care to go that much, and food is often not that great compared to what I make, and for the cost and health aspects of it too. They offer fries or some veg that's usually overcooked and watery, unappealing visually and taste, lack of professionalism on basic things all around. Maybe some people don't know good cooking and think all this is normal, hmmm...
There absolutely is a quite large cohort of people in US who don't know good food. Sometimes through no fault of their own. As an example, my partner was raised with dry, overcooked meats and lots of industrial "food solutions" sold in boxes. Stuff like, kraft Mac 'n cheese, hamburger helper.
I had plenty of that stuff growing up, too, but much less, and it was more of an occasional "emergency dinner" thing, and even as kids we knew it wasn't great. She, on the other hand, rarely encountered a proper home-cooked meal. It still makes me sad to think about that.
I had to take it upon myself early on to show what cooking could be and ended up changing her mind on a ton of different foods. There was a long list of things she thought she didn't like, like Brussels sprouts. And even more things that were totally new. As it turned out, she just never encountered them prepared in a way that approached their potential, if at all. If it didn't come from a box, it was boiled when it shouldn't have been, or cooked to hell and back. (You have to give a little credit to her folks, as at least that means they tried at some point, and they definitely grew up worse.)
Even common things like turkey. She had never eaten an actually moist turkey because it was always cooked beyond recognition.
Anyway, she's better now
I'd drink one if it meant a lawsuit big enough to never work again.
if you want permanent damage, to your eosophagus.
It's like an Applebee's but without all the crap.
Spicy margarita's