10.mar.07
Baltimore Sun
Gina Davis
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/dining/bal-md.co.digest10mar10,0,1332832.story?coll=bal-artslife-dining
County inspectors were cited as saying Friday that a Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant in eastern Baltimore County, where members of a family say they dined before becoming ill last weekend, will remain closed until it has hired a certified food handler and completed decontamination.
David A.C. Carroll, head of the county's Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management, was quoted as saying, "They're now in a position where they're having to go through a complete cleaning process and sanitize everything from chairs to play equipment," and that the restaurant also must be reinspected before it will be allowed to reopen..
Brenda Holloway, a spokeswoman for the restaurant's parent corporation, CEC Entertainment Inc., was cited as saying in a statement Friday that the company is working with local health officials, adding, "We take a great deal of pride in the quality of our food product and take food-borne illness allegations seriously. We are cooperating fully with the health department in their investigation and following all of their disinfecting procedures."