Harold and Kumar avoid Ohio prison with unique sandwich
A running gag in the movie, Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, is avoiding a certain kind of sandwich served up by prison guards.
Life imitates art.
A former Ohio deputy accused of feeding an inmate a bologna sandwich that been rubbed against another inmate's genitals has pleaded guilty to two health code violations. In a Columbus courtroom on Wednesday, 38-year-old Joseph Cantwell also apologized for the shame and embarrassment that he said he had caused.
A judge fined him $500 plus court costs, and Cantwell also received a 90-day suspended jail sentence and five years' probation.
Five kids sick with E. coli in Ohio county
The Cuyahoga County Board of Health confirms that three children have been exposed to the E. coli bacteria. Two more cases are under investigation.
"Five cases is very unusual for us to have," says Terry Allan, the health commissioner in Cuyahoga County.
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The three children with confirmed cases also have what's known as Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS).
Allan says the children must have contracted E. coli in one of two ways: either from a batch of meat that is contaminated or from just undercooked beef. Testing will be conducted on meat in the area, but so far, there is no indication that any particular batch of beef in Ohio is contaminated.
Or from thousands of other ways that E. coli O157:H7 can get into food or water or petting zoos.
Allan also says,
"If you don't have a thermometer, it's important that you cook that hamburger until it's no longer pink in the middle."
This is wrong. Color is a lousy indicator. Use a meat thermometer, be careful about cross-contamination, and have more microbial awareness than the health commissioner in Cuyahoga County.
Home-canned green beans sicken Ohio man, grandson
A Crestline, Ohio, man and his grandson remain hospitalized in Mansfield and Akron with foodborne botulism.
The Mansfield News Journal reports that the two remain in hospital after eating home-canned green beans last weekend. Two other grandchildren were treated for botulism and have been released from Children's Hospital.
Mexican restaurant in Ohio closes after 23 sickened with norovirus
Mark McDonnell, with the Greene County Health Department, said,"We strongly suspect it's the Norwalk virus simply because of the time frame. People reported getting sick within 24 hours, and it only lasts 24 to 48 hours. … We had a couple of employees ill last week, and they might have come back on a little too early and were still shedding the virus."
Health officials ordered workers to sanitize the restaurant before it reopened at 3 p.m. Friday afternoon. Inspectors said the restaurant meets all its requirements and is now safe for customers.
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