Three Chili's customers suffer chemical burns after sipping margaritas
Three Chili's customers suffered painful chemical burns after drinking margaritas mistakenly prepared with a powerful industrial cleaning chemical.
TL;DR
- Three customers and two employees at a Chili's restaurant in Forest City, North Carolina, suffered chemical burns.
- The burns were caused by margaritas mistakenly prepared with an industrial cleaning chemical instead of sugar.
- A powerful degreasing chemical, left in an unmarked container, was used by a worker who believed it was sugar.
- The restaurant's food service permit was suspended during an investigation by the Foothills Health District.
- Staff were ordered to sanitize food preparation areas, and the restaurant was cleared to resume operations the following day.
- Health officials warned about the dangers of failing to label and store chemicals properly, stressing they must be kept separate from food.