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Wyoming may ban facial piercings in restaurants
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Associated Press[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Updated: 9:31 a.m. ET March 15, 2005[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]CHEYENNE, Wyo. - As if the hair in your salad wasn't bad enough, a city health inspector in Cheyenne, Wyo. said there had been "several cases" of tongue rings and other facial jewelry found in the food in the city's restaurants.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]It was enough to persuade the Governor's Food Safety Council to recommend banning facial jewelry for restaurant workers who prepare food -- perhaps becoming the first state in the country to do so.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]But despite his testimony, when contacted by The Associated Press, Jon Cecil of Cheyenne Health Department couldn't cite a single documented case of facial jewelry falling into a restaurant dish.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]That's not what he said in a Jan. 25 hearing before the Food Safety Council.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"We've had several cases of old ladies finding tongue rings and rings and whatnot in their food," Cecil testified. "We actually had a lady at one of our finer restaurants in town and ... she found a tongue ring."[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The council voted 5-3 to recommend the changes, which could go into effect as early as this spring.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Cecil said he learned of the incident from the restaurant, not from the customer, so no formal complaint was ever filed. He would not release the name of the restaurant.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In approving the regulation, the food safety council said nose, tongue and lip piercings were health hazards because a piercing that found its way into food could spread a staph infection.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]John Townes, an assistant professor of infectious diseases at Oregon Health Sciences University, said nose rings could transmit staph bacteria -- the inner nose is one of the most common sites for staph to colonize -- especially if the wearer had a habit of touching the nose ring with his hands.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]But Townes said a nose ring would have to sit in a plate of food for hours before a sufficient population of bacteria built up to spread the disease. Townes said he knew of no documented cases of foodborne illness resulting from facial piercings.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"I think it would be vastly more important for them to wash their hands," he said.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]© 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.[/font]
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Wyoming may ban facial piercings in restaurants
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Associated Press[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Updated: 9:31 a.m. ET March 15, 2005[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]CHEYENNE, Wyo. - As if the hair in your salad wasn't bad enough, a city health inspector in Cheyenne, Wyo. said there had been "several cases" of tongue rings and other facial jewelry found in the food in the city's restaurants.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]It was enough to persuade the Governor's Food Safety Council to recommend banning facial jewelry for restaurant workers who prepare food -- perhaps becoming the first state in the country to do so.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]But despite his testimony, when contacted by The Associated Press, Jon Cecil of Cheyenne Health Department couldn't cite a single documented case of facial jewelry falling into a restaurant dish.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]That's not what he said in a Jan. 25 hearing before the Food Safety Council.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"We've had several cases of old ladies finding tongue rings and rings and whatnot in their food," Cecil testified. "We actually had a lady at one of our finer restaurants in town and ... she found a tongue ring."[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The council voted 5-3 to recommend the changes, which could go into effect as early as this spring.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Cecil said he learned of the incident from the restaurant, not from the customer, so no formal complaint was ever filed. He would not release the name of the restaurant.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In approving the regulation, the food safety council said nose, tongue and lip piercings were health hazards because a piercing that found its way into food could spread a staph infection.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]John Townes, an assistant professor of infectious diseases at Oregon Health Sciences University, said nose rings could transmit staph bacteria -- the inner nose is one of the most common sites for staph to colonize -- especially if the wearer had a habit of touching the nose ring with his hands.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]But Townes said a nose ring would have to sit in a plate of food for hours before a sufficient population of bacteria built up to spread the disease. Townes said he knew of no documented cases of foodborne illness resulting from facial piercings.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"I think it would be vastly more important for them to wash their hands," he said.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]© 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.[/font]
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