Dairy Queen manager forced employees to eat cleaning solution-tainted ice cream: report
Employees at a Kentucky Dairy Queen were forced to eat ice cream that had been tainted with cleaning solution, sending some of them to the emergency room.
A manager at a Campton, Ky., location of the chain called all employees to a mandatory staff meeting Friday night where they forced the staffers to down the chemically contaminated soft serve “whether or not they liked” it, according to the parent of one of the young staffers.
“I was livid,” Angel Patton told WKYT of the moment her 17-year-old daughter came home and told her what had happened.
“They were told by the manager that whether or not they liked chocolate ice cream, they were going to eat it today,” the furious mother said.
Some of the eight employees who were involved were taken to the hospital following the meeting, according to Patton.
“Some of the kids had complained that they had a burning sensation when they swallowed the ice cream,” she told the local CBS affiliate station.
Her daughter has since quit the food service job, and the Wolfe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.
“We still have multiple people coming in to give statements, but as of now, it’s still under investigation,” Deputy Elijah Banks told WKYT.
Banks said he was unable to discuss the incident further since minors were involved. No charges had been filed as of Tuesday, the station reported.
Patton said she plans to meet with a lawyer in the meantime.
“What they’ve done is not right,” she said.
The chemicals in many cleaning products can be deadly if consumed in large amounts.
The Campton Dairy Queen said it had no comment on the allegations when reached by WKYT.
