Sunday, July 20, 2008

the food we eat: how safe?

i was not able to get hold of the tabloid last friday. so, i don't know if they had a follow-up article about the worm discovered in chowking noodles (see my previous post). this is really alarming! i've heard so many stories from friends and colleagues who had these kind of traumatic experiences. some of these are:

1) pubic hair (of all hairs!) found in my officemate's hot & spicy chicken meal (at a fastfood chain in cagayan de oro city)

2) dead cockroach (thank God, it is already dead! hehe) found after my colleague consumed (bottoms up?!) his noodle soup (at a chinese restaurant in malate)

3) hair (don't know what kind) found by a tablemate in her braised beef (at a fastfood chain in glorietta). fortunately or unfortunately, her ordered meal was replaced by a hot, steaming braised beef (i wonder if they just took the hair out and reheat it)

i also had my own account of these kind of nightmares but mine is considered light since i did not find something in my food (so far.. or is it just that i was not looking?). it was in a fastfood chain in butuan city wherein part of the glass wall at the dining area was always teeming with BIG flies. i just dismissed it hoping the kitchen area (where food is prepared and utmost proper hygiene is observed) is not as bad as the dining area. is i don't know if those creatures still exist there today..

considering these restaurants are considered reputable, who would have thought that in terms of cleanliness, aling tindeng's carenderia is just as competitive as they are?

i am wondering, what proper actions are being taken into by the concerned agencies e.g., Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) and respective Local Govenment Units (LGUs) about it?

while you are also thinking about it, allow me please to enjoy now my burger meal. bon appetit! :)

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