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Lemons are standard in most restaurants. But as it turns out, those lemons are spiking your drink with some dirty germs that can cause staph infections to fecal bacteria.
Microbiologist Anne Loving, a professor at Passaic County Community College in New Jersey, has found some pretty dirty findings on restaurant lemons.
Anne and her team tested lemon wedges at 21 restaurants, every time a drink hit the table. They found that 69 percent, or two out of three lemon wedges they tested, had disease causing bacteria.
Restaurant workers should use tongs or gloves to place lemon wedges on drinks, but they often use their bare hands which is a health code violation.
These bacteria causing germs could be from dirty employee hands or nails. Also, the knife used to cut the lemons may also have been used to cut steak.
Dirty Restaurant Lemons - CBS47.com Jacksonville News Leader
TThat's gross! :-o when restaurant workers place a lemon wedge on your glass of water, tea, or soda, they are apparently spiking your drink with germs.Beware the lemon in your drink. It could make you sick!
Microbiologist Anne Loving, a professor at Passaic County Community College in New Jersey, has found some pretty dirty findings on restaurant lemons.
Anne and her team tested lemon wedges at 21 restaurants, every time a drink hit the table. They found that 69 percent, or two out of three lemon wedges they tested, had disease causing bacteria.
Restaurant workers should use tongs or gloves to place lemon wedges on drinks, but they often use their bare hands which is a health code violation.
These bacteria causing germs could be from dirty employee hands or nails. Also, the knife used to cut the lemons may also have been used to cut steak.
Dirty Restaurant Lemons - CBS47.com Jacksonville News Leader
TThat's gross! :-o when restaurant workers place a lemon wedge on your glass of water, tea, or soda, they are apparently spiking your drink with germs.Beware the lemon in your drink. It could make you sick!