• 01
  Oct
  2011

• Food Poisoning Strikes 7 Subway Customers in BC

  
  Filed Under: Blogging
  Author: YourGuy

The Subway outlet in the Vancouver International Airport apparently served bad tuna to 7 of its customers who ended up in the hospital. Most of them were employees of Subway’s franchise owner but imagine what a nightmare it would have been if those were travelers?  While things like this happen, it does put more emphasis on the need of travelers to get international health insurance. If this happens to someone en route to the US or another country, the expenses incurred would have been huge. Without international health insurance, one would have to spend unexpectedly even if medical expenses were covered by company that sold the tainted food.

Such expenses would be the time and opportunities lost as well as the costs of baggage that may have gone on to the intended destination. The whole situation would have been a nightmare happening while experience nausea, and trauma.

As for the 7 employees, 6 of those were able to leave almost immediately. One person had to stay in the hospital for further observation and treatment.

This is what is hard about being on the go all the time. You have to make do with the available food choices, and if your immune system is weak from all the traveling, your body will not be able to fight off any germs or bacteria you may ingest.

Subway is an excellent food choice, and this incident is a fluke that normally does not happen. It will serve as a reminder to the company to be more careful about hygiene, sanitation, and food care. This particular Subway branch is cooperating with authorities. Hopefully, measures will be put in place to avoid a repeat of this incident especially in a high foot traffic area.

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