President Trump seems to be spending most weekends at his “Southern White House” golfing. I wonder if he eats the food there or heads to the closest McDonald’s or KFC? Or, perhaps he will start using Steve Bannon as a food tester?
Jose Lambiet, the Miami Herald’s gossip columnist reported that the food at Mar-a-Lago appears to have the risk to “make America [barf] again.”
According to Jose:
Just days before the state visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach private club, Florida restaurant inspectors found potentially dangerous raw fish and cited the club for storing food in two broken down coolers.
Inspectors found 13 violations at the fancy club’s kitchen, according to recently published reports — a record for an institution that charges $200,000 in initiation fees.
Three of the violations were deemed “high priority,” meaning that they could allow the presence of illness-causing bacteria on plates served in the dining room.
According to their latest visit to the club Jan. 26, state inspectors decided Mar-a-Lago’s kitchen did meet the minimum standards.
But they had a field day with elements that could give members of the high-class club and foreign dignitaries some pause:
▪ Fish designed to be served raw or undercooked, the inspection report reads, had not undergone proper parasite destruction. Kitchen staffers were ordered to cook the fish immediately or throw it out.
▪ In two of the club’s coolers, inspectors found that raw meats that should be stored at 41 degrees were much too warm and potentially dangerous: chicken was 49 degrees, duck clocked in a 50 degrees and raw beef was 50 degrees. The winner? Ham at 57 degrees.
▪ The club was cited for not maintaining the coolers in proper working order and was ordered to have them emptied immediately and repaired.
People ask me all the time what I think the President will do with food safety in his administration. Frankly, given how often he changes positions on nearly every conceivable topic, I have no idea where he will ultimately land on food safety. Perhaps making the food safer at Mar-a-Lago is a start? Or he can head back to McDonald’s or KFC?
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