

A Chili’s in Forest City, North Carolina, served margaritas made with an industrial degreaser mistaken for sugar or salt, injuring three customers and two employees, health officials said.

A Chili’s in Forest City, North Carolina, served margaritas made with an industrial degreaser mistaken for sugar or salt, injuring three customers and two employees, health officials said.
Industrial degreaser in a margarita. Somebody grabbed the wrong jug, nobody checked the label, and now five people are nursing chemical burns over a drink that was supposed to cost them $12. The corporate statement will say “we take food safety seriously,” the franchise will blame a “one-time human error,” and the staff who actually handled the chemicals will be the ones who get written up. Count on it.