"From September through November, four students documented their run-ins with a live maggot, a stink bug, a worm-like creature and a fly crawling around on their plates from Everybody's Kitchen and the USC Village dining halls, according to student news organization USC Annenberg Media, which first reported on the contamination Tuesday. One of the videos also showed mold on slices of bread. A majority of the meals shown in the images and videos included some type of produce, such as salad or broccoli."
"In a statement to The Times, Dirk De Jong, assistant vice president of USC Hospitality, said the university has a "strong record of safely delivering 30-40,000 meals per day on our campuses" and consistently earns "A" grades from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, "which conducts regular, unannounced inspections." "For these reasons, we were greatly surprised to hear of these reports, which we are closely examining to verify and improve," De Jong said."
From September through November, four students documented run-ins with a live maggot, a stink bug, a worm-like creature and a fly on plates at Everybody's Kitchen and the USC Village dining halls. One video showed mold on bread. Most contaminated meals included produce such as salad or broccoli. USC Hospitality maintains a record of safely delivering 30-40,000 meals per day and consistently earning A grades from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, which conducts regular, unannounced inspections. Campus dining facilities have instituted new inspection protocols and a refined process to ensure produce is repeatedly washed and rinsed. Online inspection reports dating to 2021 show consistent A grades for both facilities.
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