Workers at a Kentucky Dairy Queen say they were forced to eat ice cream contaminated by cleaning solution

• Dairy Queen workers say a manager forced them to eat ice cream contaminated with cleaning products.

• The mother of a teenager involved in the incident told local news that many of the targeted workers were minors.

• Kentucky police are investigating the allegations.

Police are investigating after employees at a Kentucky Dairy Queen say they were forced to eat ice cream contaminated with a cleaning solution, local news outlet WKYT reported.

Angela Patton told the outlet that her 17-year-old daughter was among the employees involved in the incident at the Dairy Queen, located in Campton, KY.

“The principal told them that whether they liked chocolate ice cream or not, they were going to try it today,” Patton told WKYT.

Patton told the outlet that many of the eight employees involved in the incident were minors and that their manager told the group that they did not clean the ice machine properly, so they were served ice contaminated as punishment.

Several of them, she said, experienced burning sensations while eating ice cream and sought medical treatment, although Business Insider could not verify her claims.

Dairy Queen and representatives from the Wolfe County Sheriff’s Office, the local authorities investigating the incident, did not immediately respond to Business Insider’s requests for comment sent outside of normal business hours.

Wolfe County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Elijah Banks told WKYT that little can be shared about the ongoing investigation due to the juveniles’ involvement. However, he said Wolfe County officials are in contact with the county attorney to determine next steps.

No charges have yet been filed.

Spoiled treats and sushi terrorism

In New York, a woman was recently denied a new trial after being sentenced to 23 years in prison for poisoning and killing her boss with a gout medication.

Incidents of product tampering can also result in criminal charges, such as in the 2019 case of a mother who allowed her young daughter to lick a tongue depressor at a medical clinic and then put it back in place, which resulted in a criminal charge which was later reduced to a fine. offense. The woman got the idea to record video of the incident because of an online trend of licking consumer products and putting them back at home for unsuspecting shoppers to return.

The trend has been around for almost a decade. This has grown exponentially since 2015, when Ariana Grande was filmed licking a donut that was then sold to an unsuspecting customer – for which she faced intense backlash.

But this dirty habit has also continued in recent years, with so-called “sushi terrorism” leading to several arrests after videos went viral showing pranksters in Japan licking utensils and bottles of sushi. soy sauce and rubbing saliva on the treadmill.

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