The Most Dangerous States for Eating Out.

Are you intending to go out of the country, just to get a fresh air, before doing that check the most dangerous states that you have to abstain from eating at their restaurants. The healthinspections.com has done a study on the outcome of diseases outbreaks at some of the states and they found that five of them are most dangerous. South Africa is still safe because the studies are not yet started.
The most dangerous states for eating out are Florida, California, Minnesota, Ohio, and New York according to the most recent federal data. Restaurants in these five states spread bacteria such as E.coli and salmonella, making nearly 3,000 customers sick and putting 65 in the hospital. For restaurants in Florida and California, this is not good news. It's the third straight year they've topped the list for having the most dangerous restaurants. Healthinspections.com analyzed data from the Centers For Disease Control to obtain the rankings. Here's how the states stack up for outbreaks of restaurant food poisoning in 2006, the most recent year available.
1. Florida 74 outbreaks
2. California 69 outbreaks
3. Minnesota 55 outbreaks
4. Ohio 54 outbreaks
5. New York 50 outbreaks

The federal numbers also raise questions about food safety practices in restaurants because more and more people are getting sick from eating out. Across the country, restaurants were responsible for at least 605 outbreaks of food poisoning in 2006, compared to 532 outbreaks in 2005. Healthinspections.com has found that many Florida restaurants – from fast food to fine dining facilities – have long records of serious health code violations.

In all, the restaurant had been cited for 36 violations on two previous inspections including:
-Employees not washing
-Employees not changing dirty gloves
-Using dirty wiping cloths on tables and countertops.
-Slime contaminating the ice machine
-Dirty soft drink nozzles

After the Norovirus outbreak, which couldn't be tied to a particular food item at Coconuts, the restaurant continued to have problems. Coconuts was cited for 10 violations on Valentine's Day, including food at the wrong temperature, a food cooler not working properly, and repeat violations for dirty ice machines and dirty soda nozzles.

Source: The Most Dangerous States for Eating Out, Healthinspections.com