Was Giardiasis Behind the Fat Duck Outbreak?
The food-news aggregate site Coldmud has a first-hand account from a diner who got food poisoning after eating at Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck. Broadcaster David Freeman thinks giardiasis might be the culprit behind the illness that has affected more than 400 Fat Duck patrons.
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Sadly this happens to not to high profile diners at not so high profile restaurants and they get the same cold shoulder. An attorney will tell a food establishment not to contact anyone because thats admitting you did something wrong. The carry insurance for these kinds of events.
Just because it was at a place with high profile chef does not make it odd. This stuff happens. This is why I only eat oysters fried.
JerzeeTomato at 2:28PM on 03/11/09
If people would stop kissing Heston's a**, this wouldn't happen...
Truff at 3:56PM on 03/11/09
Giardia (Giardia lamblia) is a fresh-water parasite so not likely from oysters, and ducks aren't a vector (mammals are). The symptoms are not specific enough to define what caused the illnesses. Too bad they didn't see a physician, but the fact that the disease seems to have cleared in a couple of weeks mitigates AGAINST giardia, the infections of which produce explosive diarrhea with foul smelling stool that can recur for months. The symptoms also fit most other food born illnesses like C. jejuni
Flighterdoc at 4:02PM on 03/11/09
@ JerzeeTomato: restaurants often conceal the oldest and funkiest oysters under that fried coating. I've seen it done in more than one 'po boy place.
FeliciasMealTicket at 6:38PM on 03/11/09
they should check the water source, i've heard of people getting it from their well....
pooch at 9:25PM on 03/11/09
@jerzeetomato, you can't deep-fry the foodbourne illness out of an oyster.
like, feliciasmealticket explained, you only cover up one of the best indicators of freshness: smell.
dmarina at 11:27PM on 03/11/09
Over half of all foodborne outbreaks are Norovirus. Symptoms are nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea 28-36 hours after eating. Low infectious dose, highly contagious. It's spread fecal-orally, which usually means an infectious employee (who may or may not know they are sick) doesn't wash their hands well after pooping and then touches the food with their bare hands.
sfullers at 12:52AM on 03/12/09