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On friday nigth we took the Father-in-Law and the family out for dinner to celebrate his 65th birthday, 6 of us in total. 3 of us had Oysters followed by a hot Shellfish platter.

All 3 of us were fine on Saturday and all 3 of us were ill on Sunday and Monday, flu like symptoms, sore bones, vomitting from both ends

Pretty sure that had to be food posioning. Phoned the restraunt and got the usual fob off. Not our fault, we sell 100 of oysters etc. However the restraunt was quiet on friday, only 4-5 five tables all night and I didn't notice anyone having the same as us.
Normally this sort of thing wouldn't bother me, but they don't seem to care in the slightest other than to deny fault. The bill was about £350 and I missed a days work on monday and as I work for myself this means lost revenue.

What can I do? Can I chase them for my lost revenue? Will I just have to be happy bad mouthing them to everyone?

r32

Contact the council health department

Jamie

What he/she said ^

hail-hail

Cool, I have mailed the local council explaining the situation. Will wait and see what comes of it.

Jamie

Kill the vet ? oh you are human do what r32 said.

BlkKnight

You may fine it's not food poising - via spoiled / stale food.

(You might not like to read this)

The norovirus (and similar) have been reported to travel to the seas through sewage which has been untreated properly. The Oysters which are filter feeders then munch on infected sewage becoming carriers. You then eat the oysters & become infected.

Only through thorough cooking (which is detrimental to the oysters taste & texture) are you able to kill the virus.

J

hail-hail

Ok, so eating them raw (with a little tabasco and paprika), in a restaurant located 100 yards from the front gate of a Nuclear Power station probably wasn't the best idea then?

hail-hail

Oh and at £7.50 for 3 and 2 dozen ordered, I was expecting a couple of pearls, not a dose of the squirts

Scooby Soon!

approximate location of this restaurant as it sounds like its very close to me!

Coupe-Se

Real food poisoning onset takes 2 to 3 days to develop and lasts 3 to 5 days.

You would end up delirious and hallucinations are common. You would be so ill, you'd likely have a doctor out who has to report it by law. He will ask for a stool sample (which won't be a problem!) and send it for testing.
The place suspected of the source has to be visited and checked by law and sod all happens after that!!!

I got food poisoning from a local KFC as that was the only food my wife didn't eat for the previous 7 days.

I have never been so ill, and the doctor visited several times to give me injections. My case was confirmed and the local KFC had a visit from health officials. I received a letter saying nothing had been found on the visit and their procedures for hygiene were fine. I lost over £400 in wages and there was nothing I could do to claim it back!!

The time line sounds like you did have a milder form of food poisoning, shame you didn't visit your doc.

MMT WRX

From NHS site
The time it takes for symptoms to develop after eating contaminated food is called the incubation period.

The incubation period can range from one hour to 90 days. Most cases of food poisoning have an incubation period of between one and three days.

I had Salmonella once and I got the symptoms after about 2 hrs and was severely ill for about a week, I really thought I was dying. Went to the doctors and ended up filling in all sorts of forms for the council etc I worked in a food processing environment at the time and had to have 3 clear stool samples before I was allowed back to work. Many people say they had a touch of food poisoning but you really would know if you genuinely had.

Trout

iTrader: (1)

I was just about to post exactly the same thing.

'Real' food poisoning is hugely variable as it is such a broad term with many potential agents ranging from toxins to bacterial contamination.

astraboy

TBH, it sounds more like the norovius than food poisoning. I had a it a couple of weeks ago and it was unreal. Perhaps one of the waiters was feeling bad, but came into work anyways.
astraboy.

New_scooby_04

iTrader: (4)

Food poisoning from shellfish takes hold very quickly. The bacteria is very potent and your body ill declare an "all out" order sooner rather than later!

Could be the Norovirus; it's doing the rounds recently - I got it a couple of weeks ago; not pleasant!

what would scooby do

work

your food

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

I got food poisoning about 3 christmas's ago. Went out on the 23rd for a night out, had some chicken from a dodgy fast food place and come the 25th I was feeling awful.

Even worse was that I was due to work boxing day night shift 12 hours. I have never been to work so ill in my life. Was firing from both ends all day boxing day so got little sleep and was as mentioned above hallucinating at work whilst operating machinery. I feel stupid now as I could have killed someone but my (then) employers insisted I would be on a disciplinary if I didn't turn in

Never really had any proof that it was the chicken place so couldn't take it further. Very careful about what I eat now even when pissed.

dpb

Nothing to do with the guinless then

Midlife......

iTrader: (2)

Most common cause of food poisoning are enterotoxins released by the bacteria in food which is "off" and contaminated,....... usually 6-8 hours after ingestion it all kicks off.

Meal at 8.00pm and throwing up at 2.00 in the morning!!


Shaun

Fabioso

I got Campylobacter poisoning once from I believe a hotel in Slough a few years back. Trouble is I'd stayed in a few hotels and eaten in a couple of establishments, so it was hard to prove they were the culprits.

Worst diarrhoea and stomach pain I've ever experienced, the Govt agency at the time (I forget the name) was keen to get involved but due to too many candidates, it was going to be hard for them to prove. These days I try to eat always at known, well established restaurants and avoid the higher risk foods unless I know the restaurant well

dpb

Couldve copped an open one , difficult to prove either way ?

Jay m A

iTrader: (2)

My wife and I had the Norovirus, all over in 24 hours but not a great journey. We both had it at exactly the same time over a Friday night, we thought it was food poisoning but we hadn't shared the same meal since the Thursday morning

Leslie

That kind of food poisoning is pretty awful and can be quite dangerous.

I have had it from both a bad scampi once and a bad oyster another time. Its something you don't ever want again.

Difficult to prove of course, I wish you luck.

Les

hail-hail

Hunterston.

hail-hail

Got a nice phone call from the council. Firstly asking me how I was, which was nice.
Anyway, she thought it was likley a virus contained in the raw oysters and basically nobodys fault.

However, they will check out the restraunt and supplier to ensure that thery are storing their food correctly, meeting all environmental rules etc. They will phone me back with the outcome. All in all a good response for the council

I can see the headlines now.

"Local Council pleases member of public Shocker!"