Sheesh! Man Dies After Eating Gas Station Nacho Cheese
There's a reason why you should never eat nacho cheese from a dirty gas station. This is just crazy!
Out of 10 people that were made extremely ill from a rare foodborne virus, one has died.
Martin Galindo, a 37-year-old father of two, died after contracting the foodborne disease botulism, his family shared on a GoFundMe page.
On Thursday, Galindo was taken off of life support, ending a weeks-long battle, his family said.
Tests have meanwhile confirmed that a cheese product supplied at the Valley Oak Food and Fuel gas station in Walnut Grove, Sacramento County, contained a toxin that causes botulism, which is spread through contaminated food or water, California’s Department of Public Health said on Monday.
Though the CDPH did not identify last week’s fatality by name, the San Francisco Office of the Medical Examiner confirmed Galindo’s death, as well as a related botulism investigation, to the Sacramento Bee.
Botulism is the same foodborne disease that has been linked to the sickening of nine other people who consumed the gas station cheese, including a mother of three who was placed in intensive care.
The CDPH said the gas station stopped selling the cheese sauce on May 5 and they believe there is no continuing risk to the public.
Botulism, whose symptoms including vomiting, blurry vision, slurred speech, dry mouth and gradual paralysis, is a rare illness that results in death just 3 to 5 percent of the time, according to the CDPH.The CDPH advises that when people cook food they make it’s cooked to the right temperature, wash their hands and surfaces often, and refrigerate foods properly and separate raw meats from other foods. -(The Huffington Post)
I feel a heavy lawsuit coming their way.