Pizza downs nine people

[elaimakulai]

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waaahhh! sus permi raba tawn mangaon ang Bosacol diha!
pizza lover bya mi.... hopefully ma suta jud unsay tinuod
kay kung tinuod ni, ma kuhaan na jud ug customer ang albertos

[Ryan747]

Full story naa dri 10 downed by pizza | Sun.Star Network Online

[Ryan747]

From 10 downed by pizza | Sun.Star Network Online

CEBU CITY -- Nine nursing students and a teacher were rushed to the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) Tuesday dawn after complaining of vomiting and diarrhea.

The incident happened hours after the students and the teacher have reportedly eaten pizza with stale meat.

Alberto's Pizza along B. Rodriguez St. in this city may face temporary closure until it can comply with all the requirements and correct the deficiencies that sanitary inspectors saw during their initial investigation Tuesday morning.

Its four other branches in this city -- Colon, Pelaez St., Paseo in Mabolo and M. Velez St. -- will be inspected Wednesday.

Six of the food poisoning victims remain confined at the city hospital as of 7:30 p.m. Tuesday but are already in stable condition, said Durinda Macasocol, chief of the City Epidemiology Statistics and Surveillance Unit of the City Health Department (CHD).

The food poisoning victims who were admitted at CCMC are Caryl Loquero, 20; Junersa Abellanosa, 21; Fatima Retchel Tacoloy, 22; and Grace May Ann Domingo, 21, all of Cebu City.

Ratsen Rey Dejos, 22, of Minglanilla and Jobelle Jimenez, 22, of Talisay City were also admitted.

Their two classmates and clinical instructor were released immediately after examination at the Outpatient Department.

CHD's sanitary inspectors said the food poisoning could be blamed on the spoiled ground beef on the pizza that the students ordered and ate at the pizza parlor past 1 a.m. Tuesday.

Three hours later, the students and their clinical instructor started to feel stomach pains, and were already vomiting and having diarrhea.

"Our sanitary inspectors already visited the pizzeria and they saw several discrepancies in terms of sanitation. The initial finding is that the beef is already spoiled, and even the owner admitted that, but it still has to be confirmed by lab tests. Most probably, we will recommend temporary closure until they can comply with the requirements," Macasocol said in a phone interview.

"Naay set sa beef namo na nadaot but we cannot tell for sure if that is really the cause of their illness. We already checked with CCMC and they said the stool exam is negative. We will wait for the results of the lab test and the official results from the CHD before we release any comment," Syne Kiamko, owner of the pizzeria, told Sun.Star Cebu.

Aside from having an unsanitary working area in the kitchen, the pizzeria known for its affordable thin crust pizzas also had unsanitary storage areas for their food supplies, the inspectors reported.

They also observed the poor food handling by its food attendants, who also did not have health cards issued by the CHD.

Another patient was reportedly rushed to Velez General Hospital Tuesday after eating Alberto's Pizza, but Kiamko said they are still verifying the information.

He declined from commenting further on the incident when interviewed Tuesday night, but said they will wait for the results of the laboratory exams.

The CHD took food samples Tuesday and had them examined. The results are expected to be released Wednesday.

City Councilor Gerardo Carillo, chairman of the Cebu City Disaster Coordinating Council (CCDCC), said the other branches of Alberto's Pizza will also be inspected Wednesday since all their food supplies come from one commissary. (LCR/Sun.Star Cebu)

[Motownkid]

sus kung kanus-a nisikat na unta ug maayo ang Alberto's
na-pahiran pod nuon ug issue.

sayang kaau.

[radiostar]

luoya sa alberto's ron oi... tsk tsk tsk

[Motownkid]

ang toppings sa Alberto's gikan ra man pod daw sa Vicente Sotto?

*hehehe binuang ra..*

mayta ma-settle na ni nila pra foodtrip na pod balik ang mga tao didto. sulit kaau gud.

[darkdevil]

Support gihapon ko....mokaon gihapon ko og beef and mushroom..hehhee

[joshbonz]

Never like alberto jud.. when I went there atbang sa Vicente sotto hospital, my first impression of their pizza parlor is.. pardon me for this... alberto's lovers/patrons - dirt Cheap Place ... Mura ra kog nikaon anang mga place daplin sa USC nga namaligya'g mga lumpia ug ngohiong.. paresan ug puso.. the place is really pathetic to visit.. mag katag2x pa jud ug linya mo (labo-labo kau) aron lang maka place mo sa inyong order.. usually 40 minutes ilang serving time.. but the place is just not that really conducive.. given the take that usually 1 pizza order cost you 90 bucks or for a family pizza, its 200+ per order..

price of their pizza is not really adherent and relevant to the place.. sa alberto's owner/s nalang ta.. your pizza is not that cheap.. what you could have done man lang sad ta.. is have your customer be treated as customer's, place should be ambient for people to eat (ipa-aircon lang pud gamay oi..tawn sad).. then have your waitresses cater to your customer's waiting.. not your customer's cater to your waitress/s, asking if naa naba ilang order..(w/c i observe more, when I went there..)

IMHO lang..

[vw_rider80]

naa man pud alberto's sa talisay dapit. medyo mingaw man didto pag adto nako. kahurot ko duha ka box tag 9", tenk u Lord wa raman pud na shakoy ako tiyan.

[spartan]

mao jud mura ug sabotage kay gamay ra man abi nako ug outbreak na.hehehe. mura ug artista buhatan ug pangita-an ug sayop kung mosaka na. hahaha. i still go for alberto's....