Report Sheds Light On Food Safety At MetLife Stadium

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Using bare hands to prepare food, placing cooked shrimp next to raw meat, and other food service violations at MetLife stadium were highlighted in a recent investigative report by ESPN.

According to the report, of 239 food service venues at the 82,000-seat stadium "high-level" violations were found at 63 of them, according to the report.

The alleged violations included: A customer removing cured meat cubes from a glass jar with a used spoon at a self-service station and employees using their bare hands to put unwashed oranges into a juicer.

Inspectors also saw a pan of cooked shrimp next to cases of raw chicken and raw ground beef, according to the report.

ESPN's 'Outside the Lines' reviewed food inspection reports for all 111 North American professional sports venues.

MetLife Stadium was ranked the 39th best stadium.

To read the complete ESPN report, click here.

Email: daniel.hubbard@patch.com

Photo: The exterior of MetLife Stadium (Photo by Rich Schultz /Getty Images)