Chinese Buffet In Hot Water Over Garlic Stomp

(Rockland County, New York) -- A restaurant in Rockland County is under fire for the way one employee broke apart some garlic.
The Rockland County Health Department has hit the Great China Buffet in Nanuet with two violations after Dan Bareto took pictures of an employee apparently stomping on garlic with his shoes on.

Senior public health sanitarian John Stoughton says the agency does not consider a person's shoe a proper instrument to use in food preparation.

Health inspectors went to the eatery after an employee at a nearby store alerted them to the alleged unsanitary act. He also had the pictures to prove what he saw.

Great China Buffet owner Jiang Shu insists the garlic was thrown away and never served -- which is impossible to prove. Eyewitness News was told the employee was fired. Customers were, well, they're not happy.

Officials say the restaurant has been fined in the past, but since 2001 has had satisfactory inspections. But health officials say after seeing at the picture, say they will keep a close eye on the restaurant.

"I Put My Buns on His Buns."

BURNET, Texas - Jamie Perez, 23, is a cook at Andy’s Landing in the town of Burnet. On Oct 20th, Burnet Police Chief Nelson entered the establishment and ordered a hamburger. Upon eating the hamburger, Nelson noticed Perez and another cook watching him eat it. Yeah, that’s not a good sign no matter who you are, but especially if you are a cop. On Monday, police walked into the kitchen and arrested Perez. On Tuesday, they arrested James Ledesma,33. They were both charged with tampering with a consumer product. Wanna know what Perez did? Of course you do.



Seems as if Perez wiped his buttocks with the bun, put the vegetables in his mouth before placing them on the burger, and then as a final touch, spit and blew snot on it. Tasty, huh? Tampering with a consumer product is a second-degree felony, so these guys may not be looking at a slap on the wrist. Especially since medical tests have not come back on the Chief to see if he may have contracted anything from ingesting Perez’s bodily fluids. No one would have probably ever found out about this, had Perez not told someone who in turn, told police.

Aside from Chief Nelson, the restaurant is suffering from this incident as well. Even though Nelson has tried to tell patrons in the town that this incident was directly aimed at him, as he had run ins with Perez in the past, business has been slow at Andy’s Landing.

“I hope that our customers do keep coming in, and trust us to continue preparing their food,” said General Manager Tiffany Tappe, who also stated that Perez was their best cook. “It’s the last thing we ever expected,” she said.

More charges may be pending, as they are discussing drawing blood from Perez to see if he may have any communicable diseases.