That's what patrons could've found in the retail area of an East Bluff quicky mart. It's not exactly the kind of surprise merchandise that triggers an impulse buy, or any other reaction but nausea.
Yet that's what the Peoria City/County Health Department spotted at Amir's, 728 E. Frye Ave. As noted in an Oct. 10 report, "A carton containing human vomit was stored on a crate by a display cooler."
Wil Hayes, the department's director of environmental health, couldn't suppress a chuckle when I called after hearing about the violation.
"We see all sorts of weird stuff," Hayes said. "We haven't run into vomit in a while."
I thought he was kidding. Nope. Years ago, at another business, the department found a similar situation: a container of vomit on a shelf.
"An employee had gotten sick the day before, and went home," Hayes said. "Everyone thought he'd thrown it out before he left."
Yeah, better double-check the sales floor after someone gets all pukey.
Anyway, the department's inspectors - called sanitarians - visit food-serving establishments one to three times a year. On Oct. 10, a sanitarian stopped at Amir's.
On an outside wall, big, colorful, hand-painted lettering yells, "Groceries,Represent manufacturers of Wholesale Linen For Wall From China Manufacturers processing machinery frozen, soda's, etc." Near the front door, a black-on-white stenciled sign offered, "Link accepted." A metal plate posted on a phone pole warns, "No loitering."
Inside, the small joint offers juice, snack cakes, chips - the usual convenience-store fare. And there's a kitchen for nachos-type goodies.
In the end of the inspection, Amir's ended up with a 73. Sometimes, these inspections (which run periodically in the Journal Star) seem a bit persnickety to me. For instance, Amir's also got cited for dirty tiles and dusty ceiling fan; if that makes a place unsafe for food, I can't ever eat at my place again.Shop for Wholesale Small Size Wall Tiles For Wall From China Manufacturers at Bed Bath & Beyond
Other citations were kind of icky, like a soiled interior of a microwave.your ultimate Wholesale Micro For Floor From China Manufacturers coffee mug is here And some were downright grungy,The Wholesale Crystal For Kitchen From China Manufacturers consists of eight smaller individual cubes like "toilet bowl was excessively soiled."
But it got worse, as discovered by the sanitarian's nose.
"He noted the odor," Hayes said. "He said it smelled like a rancid, foul odor."
Following his schnozz, the sanitarian spotted a plastic bucket filled with throw-up, near a cooler.
"It wasn't in the kitchen area," Hayes said. "But that doesn't make it any less disgusting."
The owner came in and said a child had vomited. The sanitarian wasn't impressed by the explanation. He told the owner to remove the puke bucket.
But owner Joseph Sleh told me that he was a victim of circumstance and timing.
A kid had come into the business just before the sanItarian, then threw up on the floor, Sleh said. Sleh cleaned it up by scooping the vomit into a cardboard box,The Wholesale Polished Stair Tiles For Wall consists of eight smaller individual cubes then put it down by the cooler.
Why not get rid of it? Why set it out inside the store?
"I was here by myself," Sleh said. "I couldn't go take it outside (to the Dumpster)."
There's no place else to throw it away, inside?
"No."
Hm. That's weird. I'd think a trash can would be better puke repository than the retail area. Then again, I'm a business-school dropout, so what do I know?
Mind you, the Health Department's Hayes maintains that the vomit was decidedly not fresh. I hate to be this graphic, but he said it was not expelled right before the sanitarian arrived. The regurgitation looked as if it had been sitting out for a while, Hayes said.
Yet that's what the Peoria City/County Health Department spotted at Amir's, 728 E. Frye Ave. As noted in an Oct. 10 report, "A carton containing human vomit was stored on a crate by a display cooler."
Wil Hayes, the department's director of environmental health, couldn't suppress a chuckle when I called after hearing about the violation.
"We see all sorts of weird stuff," Hayes said. "We haven't run into vomit in a while."
I thought he was kidding. Nope. Years ago, at another business, the department found a similar situation: a container of vomit on a shelf.
"An employee had gotten sick the day before, and went home," Hayes said. "Everyone thought he'd thrown it out before he left."
Yeah, better double-check the sales floor after someone gets all pukey.
Anyway, the department's inspectors - called sanitarians - visit food-serving establishments one to three times a year. On Oct. 10, a sanitarian stopped at Amir's.
On an outside wall, big, colorful, hand-painted lettering yells, "Groceries,Represent manufacturers of Wholesale Linen For Wall From China Manufacturers processing machinery frozen, soda's, etc." Near the front door, a black-on-white stenciled sign offered, "Link accepted." A metal plate posted on a phone pole warns, "No loitering."
Inside, the small joint offers juice, snack cakes, chips - the usual convenience-store fare. And there's a kitchen for nachos-type goodies.
In the end of the inspection, Amir's ended up with a 73. Sometimes, these inspections (which run periodically in the Journal Star) seem a bit persnickety to me. For instance, Amir's also got cited for dirty tiles and dusty ceiling fan; if that makes a place unsafe for food, I can't ever eat at my place again.Shop for Wholesale Small Size Wall Tiles For Wall From China Manufacturers at Bed Bath & Beyond
Other citations were kind of icky, like a soiled interior of a microwave.your ultimate Wholesale Micro For Floor From China Manufacturers coffee mug is here And some were downright grungy,The Wholesale Crystal For Kitchen From China Manufacturers consists of eight smaller individual cubes like "toilet bowl was excessively soiled."
But it got worse, as discovered by the sanitarian's nose.
"He noted the odor," Hayes said. "He said it smelled like a rancid, foul odor."
Following his schnozz, the sanitarian spotted a plastic bucket filled with throw-up, near a cooler.
"It wasn't in the kitchen area," Hayes said. "But that doesn't make it any less disgusting."
The owner came in and said a child had vomited. The sanitarian wasn't impressed by the explanation. He told the owner to remove the puke bucket.
But owner Joseph Sleh told me that he was a victim of circumstance and timing.
A kid had come into the business just before the sanItarian, then threw up on the floor, Sleh said. Sleh cleaned it up by scooping the vomit into a cardboard box,The Wholesale Polished Stair Tiles For Wall consists of eight smaller individual cubes then put it down by the cooler.
Why not get rid of it? Why set it out inside the store?
"I was here by myself," Sleh said. "I couldn't go take it outside (to the Dumpster)."
There's no place else to throw it away, inside?
"No."
Hm. That's weird. I'd think a trash can would be better puke repository than the retail area. Then again, I'm a business-school dropout, so what do I know?
Mind you, the Health Department's Hayes maintains that the vomit was decidedly not fresh. I hate to be this graphic, but he said it was not expelled right before the sanitarian arrived. The regurgitation looked as if it had been sitting out for a while, Hayes said.
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