January 8, 2007 | Posted By Pritzker | Ruohonen | Comments | print this article

Raw Chicken at a Restaurant

We are frequently contacted by people who have eaten raw chicken at a restaurant. If this happens to you, this is what you should and should not do:

  1. DO NOT SEND THE CHICKEN BACK. If you do, evidence will be destroyed.
  2. Do not complain or mention the chicken at all to the waitress.  Ask for the check politely. The check is evidence that you ate the chicken at that specific restaurant.
  3. After you have the check, show the manager your raw chicken and tell him you are not paying for it. 
  4. Do not give the chicken or the check to the manager. You need to take them home with you. If the manager insists he needs to have the check for his records, tell him you will be happy to give it to him if he supplies you with other written evidence that you were served the chicken at the restaurant.
  5. When you get home, put the raw chicken in a container in the refrigerator and label it, “Do not eat.”
  6. If you get sick within 10 days of eating the chicken, you should go to the doctor. If it is food poisoning, tests should be done to determine the foodborne pathogen involved (for example, Salmonella), and if possible, a stool sample should be saved for further testing. 
  7. If you are diagnosed with a Salmonella infection (salmonellosis) or another foodborne illness, you should contact a food poisoning attorney immediately.  Your lawyer will know what to do with the leftover raw chicken in your refrigerator.
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