What Is "Fried Rice Syndrome"?!
A Texas woman is suing a Chinese buffet alleging that she got "fried rice syndrome" after eating at the restaurant. Germaine Mobley, 62, is filing $1 million in damages against Asian King Buffet in Waxachie, TX after lunch with a friend landed her in the ICU for 8 days in 2016. Ouch.
In the claim, Mobley says she contracted Bacillus cereus - or the scientific name for "fried rice syndrome" - from the restaurant, according to Dallas Morning News. So what exactly does that mean? When left at room temperature for too long, some foods, like rice, soups, and sauces, can grow toxic-producing bacteria that causes food poisoning, according to the U.S. Health & Human Services.
The symptoms typically include diarrhea and vomiting for up to 24 hours, but Mobley started to have trouble breathing the morning after the incident, called an ambulance, and was put on a ventilator at the hospital, where she remained for more than a week.
The restaurant's owner is denying claims that his food made her sick.
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