Maybe that's why when they get thier five-star rating they go to
crap......literally. Sorry couldn't resist.
Jeff Durling
'96 RC Sport-318
Gene Rivers wrote:
> Federal health officials have confirmed that a salad packed with boxed
> meals shipped to Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge dealerships was responsible =
> for
> food poisoning in 333 dealership employees. The large meals, assembled =
> by
> HoneyBaked Foods Inc. of Toledo, Ohio, included ham and-or turkey with
> several side dishes, packed in ice and shipped by next-day delivery.
> HoneyBaked Foods is a catalog business not affiliated with the Honey =
> Baked
> Ham Co. of Troy.
>
> DaimlerChrysler AG has sent out about 3000 of the meals over the past =
> two
> years to congratulate dealerships that received the company's Five Star
> rating for sales performance. The company stopped shipping the meals in
> early February after the first reported illnesses.
>
> HoneyBaked Foods said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta
> determined that four kinds of salad made by another company was the =
> source
> of the outbreak, which caused one- to two-day bouts of nausea, vomiting =
> and
> diarrhea. The CDC said the symptoms were similar to those from a
> Norwalk-type virus, one of the most common causes of food-borne illness.
> CDC epidemiologist Alicia Anderson said of the 333 people the CDC found =
> had
> become sick from the meals, 11 were briefly hospitalized.
>
> HoneyBaked Foods president Dan Kurz said the salads were prepared by a
> Toledo-based catering service. He said HoneyBaked will no longer buy =
> foods
> from the service. DaimlerChrysler spokesman Mike Aberlich said the =
> company
> will no longer ship meals to dealerships, but will instead give dealers
> money to buy their own meals. The company will still work with =
> HoneyBaked
> Foods to arrange catering. DaimlerChrysler has about 4500 Chrysler, =
> Dodge
> and Jeep dealerships in the United States.
>
> NORWALK-LIKE VIRUS, SALAD - USA (MULTISTATE)
> Gene & Renee Rivers
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