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Brown Hall during a lull between meals. Students complain of alleged food poisoning from Brown CHRISTINE GENDY hf" ArnrirHincr to Wnfispn-nan hathrnnm Rrnwn Oftf^n r»n thp in-hnnf* rhir CHRISTINE GENDY Opinion Staff Writer cgendy@unca.edu Students share stories of un washed, undercooked and contam inated food served in Brown Hall that may cause general distaste for the dining area and cases of alleged food poisoning. “I found a huge piece of cow dung that had not been washed off their mushrooms. Now I go to Brown Hall about twice a semes ter,” said Sara Wasserman, a junior chemistry student. She went on to explain there was no definitive way to prove it was excrement, but said she grew up around farmers and has been ex posed to cow and horse excrement more than the average person ought to be. According to Wasserman, most commercially sold mush rooms are grown in dung and are therefore residually covered in it unless properly cleansed. “In grocery stores when you see them with some grassy black stuff on it, that’s poop, not dirt. The same grassy black stuff was on the mush room,” Wasserman said. This and other accounts have come to my attention as I sought individual experiences of dining in Brown Hall. As the main dining area on campus. Brown offers a va riety of foods in a buffet style. These incidents have also summoned a variety of complaints. Many have experienced undercooked food, un washed food and certain additives eliciting immediate trips to the bathroom. “Rumored laxatives in food to prevent potential food poisoning, plastic covered tofu, broken plastic spoon in cake. Although food op tions and variety have ‘improved,’ quality often results in long trips to the bathroom, usually immediate ly,” said Gianna Seminara, a soph omore psychology and sociology student. Seminara said laxatives are used by every university cafeteria as a preventative measure against a lia bility claim. Raw chicken has appeared on plates as well, said Finley Lewis, a sophomore art and creative writing student. “Both me and several of my friends have had raw chicken in Brown. Often on the in-bone chick en they will claim it is ‘red from the marrow’ but I’ve had it straight up raw here before,” Lewis said. If this is indeed the case, con suming raw chicken can have a multitude of negative effects on your health. According to Health- Line, raw chicken may contain salmonella or Campylobacter. Both can lead to illnesses such as food poisoning, typhoid fever, enteric fever and gastroenteritis. In fact, there have been a few cas es of alleged food poisoning from Brown. “My boyfriend got food poison ing from Brown during lunch on his Embark day and had to leave CONTINUED ON PAGE 20
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