Claims Of Feces On NJ McDonald's Food 'Unfounded': Officials

MILLVILLE, NJ — A claim made by a family that they were served food covered in feces at a South Jersey McDonald’s is unfounded, according to a report on the incident filed by the county’s department of health. In the report, the department of health didn't give specific reasons as to why the claim would be unfounded.

Amanda Bordois claims in a recently filed lawsuit that the McDonald’s on High Street in Millville gave her family a cheeseburger in which the wrapper was covered in feces. She also says she and her daughter ate french fries that had some of the feces on them.

The lawsuit cites an inspection conducted by the Cumberland County Department of Health immediately after the incident.

The lawsuit states that the inspection uncovered violations, including employees not washing their hands before work or after using the restroom, and an employee handling cookline sausage without washing their hands, the lawsuit said.

However, the final line of that report states, “In conclusion, the complaint was unfounded.” The attorney representing the family had no further comment on the report Thursday morning.
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“Two violations were observed and corrected,” the department of health said in the report, which it provided to Patch.

The report also notes that mops were seen in buckets with standing wastewater, which was also corrected on site. Following the inspection, the department of health contacted the owner of the franchise, who said he would check camera footage for the date and time of the incident.

The inspector also exchanged several phone calls with Bordois, telling her, “there had not been any information discovered about any human feces in any of the food during investigation.”
Bordois, whose name is redacted in the report, “stated she had proof of the incident, and she would speak to her lawyer.”

The report is dated Jan. 19, four days after the inspection took place. The alleged incident occurred on Jan. 13. The lawsuit was filed in New Jersey Superior Court on April 28.

After eating the fries and discovering the brown substance on the wrapper and stench emanating from the bag, Bordois' daughter vomited, according to the lawsuit. Bordois threw the rest of the meal away and contacted Millville police.

The lawsuit states a police officer came to the home and verified the incident before contacting McDonald's and the health department. Efforts to reach the police department for comment were not successful.

Bordois said she and her family have "severe emotional distress, shock and mental anguish, nausea, stomach pain, loss of appetite and heightened anxiety," and sought medical treatment.

The lawsuit claims McDonald's neglected its duty to the public, claiming that, "A person who ingests human or animal feces is at risk of contracting a number of viruses, bacteria or parasites that can even be deadly, including but not limited to Hepatitis, Norovirus, Typhoid Fever, Cholera, Polio, E. Coli, Tapeworms, and Giardia."