Dollar General Shopper Slams Store for having created a "reproductive ground for Listeria"
The retailer faces reactions on ice cream that could include health risks.
At this point, Dollar General has become the essential store of many buyers. THE reduction chain considerably widened his physical presence in the United States and began to incorporate more grocery stores In its stores - by making a practical and affordable destination. But according to what is on your shopping list, you may want to pay attention to a new video of an indignant buyer, who criticized Dollar General for having created a "reproduction ground for bacteria such as Listeria . "Read the rest to know why she sounded the alarm.
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A buyer called a Listeria Risk at Dollar General.
In a New video published Of his tiktok @bri_sizemoree account, buyer BRI Sizemore warned the others of a Listeria Risk to its local general dollar.
In the Tiktok, Sizemore shows a carriage full of ice, left aside in the middle of an alley in one of the retailer stores. It also registers by pushing on the sides of two of the boxes, indicating that they have clearly melted while being left outside the freezer.
"It's dangerous," wrote Sizemore in the text superimposing the video. "When the ice cream melts, it creates a reproductive ground for bacteria such as Listeria . Bacteria can cause serious illness. ""
Listeria Contamination has very serious consequences.
If you eat food contaminated by bacteria Listeria monocytogenes , you can develop listeriosis. Although it is not as common as some other foods of food origin, listeriosis is always " very serious “The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns.
According to the agency, this disease has a high mortality rate of approximately 20 to 30%, even if you are properly treated for this with antibiotics.
"More than 90% of people with listeriosis are hospitalized, often in intensive care units," adds the FDA.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that it is estimated that 1,600 people in the United States Obtain listeriosis Each year, and of these cases, about 260 people eventually die.
"The infection is more likely to weaken pregnant women and their newborns, adults aged 65 or over and people with weakened immune systems," said the agency.
The melted ice cream led to listeriosis infections.
Epidemics of multiple past listeriosis in the United States have been linked to ice cream, according to the FDA. Amreen Bashir , lecturer in biomedical sciences at Aston University in Birmingham, England, noted in a 2018 article for the conversation that eats Ice cream that has melted Then was refined can be a cause of diseases of food origin such as listeriosis.
"The ice cream can also put a danger after purchase if it has melted and was then refined. This often happens when taken from the freezer, left to the thaw and then returned to the freezer before being removed for Eat later, "Bashir wrote. "The ice cream melts fairly quickly at room temperature and the milky, sweet liquid concoction is a petri box perfect for bacteria like Listeria , mainly the second time you dig in the bathtub. ""
If you develop listeriosis, you can experience a variety of symptoms Depending on the severity of your disease, by the FDA. With a light case, you may have fever, muscle pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. But if your case becomes serious, you can also start developing a headache, a steep neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions.
"Due to the range of gravity of the disease, people should consult their health care provider if they suspect that they have developed symptoms that resemble a Listeria Infection, "the FDA warns. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Commentators say that the lack of Dollar General workers is to blame for melted ice.
In the legend of his now viral Tiktok video, Sizemore underlined the lack of retailer employees.
"@Dollar general I know that you are in the short term, but it may be time to add storage freezers to ensure the safety of perishable products until someone can store them," -she writes.
Others have sounded about the difficulties of endowing the retailer in the section of the comments of the Sizemore video. "Dollar General will literally have an employee who runs the place and expects them to put these things away," said a user.
Another person wrote: "Dollar General is so badly managed. Not the fault of the two employees, they must store boxes and boxes."
Better life Contacted Dollar General about Sizemore video, and we will update this story with their answer.
