Tina Knowles’ Rodeo Gumbo Truck
Reportedly Closed After Buyer Vomited Blood
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We’re studying an unsettling cause behind why Tina Knowles‘ Texas pop-up eatery was shut down on the Houston Rodeo final week — apparently a buyer complained they vomited blood after consuming the gumbo … main well being inspectors to search out the pop-up operators grossly mishandled seafood.
We informed you about it — Beyoncé‘s mother’s institution — Mama Tina’s Gumbo — was closed on March 16 attributable to a criticism investigation… and now, KPRC 2 Information is reporting they obtained Houston Well being Division information that say a buyer complained they received wildly in poor health after consuming the institution’s gumbo. The client claimed that along with throwing up blood, they skilled chills, nausea and fever.
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The division of well being discovered the gumbo was cooked off-site, cooled down, stuffed into non-food-grade orange buckets after which hauled off to a freezer at an unlicensed spot, in accordance with the well being division report obtained by KPRC 2 Information. The meals was then reportedly transported to a refrigerated trailer and thawed earlier than being served.
The report additionally says Mama Tina’s didn’t preserve temperature logs displaying the cooling or storing occasions of the gumbo, and that the inspector “observed bags of frozen shrimp and crab with a label that stated ‘keep frozen.'” Moreover, the division reported the meals supply used after the primary day of the rodeo was not listed on the permitted allow utility and that meals ready greater than 24 hours previous to serving was not dated.
Fortunately, this was a reasonably simple repair — the division says the pop-up’s operators have been cooperative … and inspectors educated them on speedy cooling and thawing strategies and datemarking directions. Operators reportedly agreed to now not put together meals off-site and in addition switched to a freezer trailer from a refrigerated one.
The ordeal was a minimal blip for Mama Tina’s Gumbo, who was cleared to open the following day. They have been scheduled to serve on the Houston Livestock Present and Rodeo by way of March 22.
TMZ has contacted the Houston Well being Division for extra info.
