News Special: Bad food in Disney?

[sanapunk]

My friend who's going on my trip with me just told me how on the 11:00 news tonight on CBS, there's going to be a special about "bad food in disney"??? Anyone else see this?

 

[Ilovestitch]

They come out with that same sensationalized "news" story about WDW's food last year, too. It's nothing, don't worry about it.

Anyways, I LOVE your river country shirt in that pic!!!! I want one now!!! -Steph

 

[trappednabox]

is this gonna be on the local news? I can't find anything about it.

 

[sanapunk]

is this gonna be on the local news? I can't find anything about it.

i tried looking on cbsnews.com, with nothing there. But then my parents told me it was going to be on, so I guess 'll be watching in an hour!

 

[sanapunk]

They come out with that same sensationalized "news" story about WDW's food last year, too. It's nothing, don't worry about it.

Anyways, I LOVE your river country shirt in that pic!!!! I want one now!!! -Steph

I'm not worried, Disney food has enver mademe sick. I just want to hear what they say, *as if people don't EVER get sick from ANY kind of food, even their own

I found the shirt on ebay a while ago, never seen anything like it after that!

 

[trappednabox]

Guess i have to watch the news tonight!

 

[Nik's Mom]

I have the weakest stomach on the face of the earth (and sometimes the biggest ). I can safely say that WDW food has never made me sick. I think it's safe. I'd hate to have a trip ruined with food poisoning. That must be awful!

 

[Leota]

Bad food can happen anywhere. One of my friends did get a nasty bout of food poisoning from the peel & eat shrimp at Chef Mickey's a couple years ago. She actually wound up in the hospital for a couple days from it. It doesn't stop me from enjoying Disney Dining tho (but I never eat peel & eat shrimp, either, anywhere, lol)

 

[LisaS]

I was curious about this story but there was no mention of it on the news in my area. Through google I found this link:

http://cbsnewyork.com/investigates/local_story_059151302.html

Over on the right side of the web page there is a video link: "One year after finding violations..." If you click on that it brings up a video window and you'll see and hear the report.

 

[ashjohnson80]

I hope my parents or sister didn't see this they will want me to cancel my trip, as if that is going to happen!

 

[worm761]

before i put in my two cents i just want to say that i have taken (and passed with an A) both the FDA's serve safe food safety class and the food safety class provided by my employer. they are required for me to pass by federal law. and i do NOT work for disney. though i would love to.
i watched the video...what she said was true and i cannot argue that. the tomato incedent was from an outside supplier and not something disney had any control over. it was a problem everywhere. they just failed to mention that. we had NO tomatoes for a while because of this. every violation she spoke of had to do with hot or cold holding, in an unsafe temp range. i can promise you that you do this every time you cook at home. once the temp of your food goes below 135 degrees you are in the unsafe zone. how many of you actually take the temperature of the food you cook? or do you do what i do, check to make sure there is no pink and that the juice runs clear? the food at disney is safe to eat. they are just looking for ratings because they know that people are getting ready to start going on vacations and will watch.

 

[BeckWhy]

OOOOHHHH PLEASE! Like McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, KFC, and Taco Bell have perfect health code ratings.

 

[rgf207]

before i put in my two cents i just want to say that i have taken (and passed with an A) both the FDA's serve safe food safety class and the food safety class provided by my employer. they are required for me to pass by federal law. and i do NOT work for disney. though i would love to.
i watched the video...what she said was true and i cannot argue that. the tomato incedent was from an outside supplier and not something disney had any control over. it was a problem everywhere. they just failed to mention that. we had NO tomatoes for a while because of this. every violation she spoke of had to do with hot or cold holding, in an unsafe temp range. i can promise you that you do this every time you cook at home. once the temp of your food goes below 135 degrees you are in the unsafe zone. how many of you actually take the temperature of the food you cook? or do you do what i do, check to make sure there is no pink and that the juice runs clear? the food at disney is safe to eat. they are just looking for ratings because they know that people are getting ready to start going on vacations and will watch.

I agree with you 100%. I, too, passed the serve safe classes too and can attest to what you are saying. I live in Maryland and a lot of restaurants did not have tomatoes for the same reason. It was not a disney problem or something that they had any knowledge of and I would bet that they corrected the problem the second they found out about it. News stories like this are a bunch of bull. They are just for ratings.

 

[KilleriMac17]

It's called the news isn't really news anymore... most news reports are nothing but filler and a pile of .... I don't really watch the news anymore, I will read some online, but even then, most news isn't news, its more opinion or propaganda peices, and most news reports are full of errors(even simple things like car accidents,ect). I have seen too much false info in news reports to trust any of them. They don't go for correct info or news, mostly they go for scare tactics

 

[ladydancer]

Unless you grow and cook your own food you take a risk for a problem. I don't believe there is any more risk @ Disney than any resturant I eat.

The news media is always trying to hype something.

 

[Amy&Dan]

When you think about the amount of food Disney parks prepare and serve they are doing exceptionally well I would say. I remember our news station in Denver did a report on this once (that I actually watched) and it was one of the more expensive restaurants in town that got a really bad review. It was some upscale French place and it was disgusting. It got a score of like 8 out of 100. Some random check of a local Denny's however showed that it got like 80 points higher, go figure. I just always make sure my burger is cooked through, especially the ones my kids eat and figure if I could survive eating the stuffed turkey my grandmother would leave sitting out all day I can survive anything! By all accounts my entire extended family should have been dead of food poisoning many Thanksgivings over!

 

[Epcotgal]

When you think about the amount of food Disney parks prepare and serve they are doing exceptionally well I would say. I remember our news station in Denver did a report on this once (that I actually watched) and it was one of the more expensive restaurants in town that got a really bad review. It was some upscale French place and it was disgusting. It got a score of like 8 out of 100. Some random check of a local Denny's however showed that it got like 80 points higher, go figure. I just always make sure my burger is cooked through, especially the ones my kids eat and figure if I could survive eating the stuffed turkey my grandmother would leave sitting out all day I can survive anything! By all accounts my entire extended family should have been dead of food poisoning many Thanksgivings over!

You have NO idea what a chuckle you just gave me - thank you! I love my mil but oh my....EVERY holiday dinner or cookout we have at her house makes me nuts since she always leaves the food out...for hours! It really makes me crazy when she leaves things like potato salad and deviled eggs out in the heat which you can't do with things with mayo in them! Thanksgiving, Christmas, the food sits out from the time we eat (usually 1:00) until late afternoon/evening when people start getting hungry again. While leftovers can be wonderful no way me or my family is going to touch 'em at her house. About a year ago (can't remember which holiday) it was like a Laurel and Hardy routine. When she wasn't looking I would cover up and put perishables in the fridge. She'd come back in and never ask who put it away (there's a LOT of us there although my sis in laws could probably guess who did it lol) but she'd take it right back out and put it back on the table. I don't know why since people were full and all that needed left out was desserts. We went through this routine a couple of times before I just decided to give up. But as my dh says she's been doing this for years and nobody's died from it yet!

 

[ladydancer]

You have NO idea what a chuckle you just gave me - thank you! I love my mil but oh my....EVERY holiday dinner or cookout we have at her house makes me nuts since she always leaves the food out...for hours! It really makes me crazy when she leaves things like potato salad and deviled eggs out in the heat which you can't do with things with mayo in them! Thanksgiving, Christmas, the food sits out from the time we eat (usually 1:00) until late afternoon/evening when people start getting hungry again. While leftovers can be wonderful no way me or my family is going to touch 'em at her house. About a year ago (can't remember which holiday) it was like a Laurel and Hardy routine. When she wasn't looking I would cover up and put perishables in the fridge. She'd come back in and never ask who put it away (there's a LOT of us there although my sis in laws could probably guess who did it lol) but she'd take it right back out and put it back on the table. I don't know why since people were full and all that needed left out was desserts. We went through this routine a couple of times before I just decided to give up. But as my dh says she's been doing this for years and nobody's died from it yet!

Your post made me think of my aunt's refrigerator. I went to stay with her for a few days. I always check the experation date on every thing. Almost every thing in her fridge had expired. Mayo, sour cream, eggs on and on. I pointed it out to her and she remarked she didn't know they had dates on them. I'm talking expired over a year! Every time I see her now she always comments on how she always checks the dates on her food.

 

[okwoodsmith]

I can't believe how sensationalist that New York station's report was. Do people really have a stomach for that kind of reporting? It makes me rather proud of our local media.

Still, on the other hand, all of you traveling to the world say from March 11 thru the 17th...well...I just think you shouldn't risk it. Stay home...it's just not worth the chance of getting sick. I myself am comitted to go then and can't get out of it...but I just won't eat anything except I've got to have some Pastries in France.
JimmieD

 

[peter11435]

Still, on the other hand, all of you traveling to the world say from March 11 thru the 17th...well...I just think you shouldn't risk it.

Why would you say that?