Kentucky Dairy Queen employees were forced to eat ice cream laced with cleaning fluid, sending some to the emergency room.
A manager at the chain’s Campton, Kentucky, store called all employees for a mandatory staff meeting on Friday night and told the staff that they “liked” soft serve ice cream contaminated with chemicals, according to a parent at the store. He made her drink it whether she liked it or not.” young staff.
“I was furious” Angel Patton told WKYT He described the moment his 17-year-old daughter came home and told him what had happened.
“My manager told me that whether I like chocolate ice cream or not, I have to eat it today,” the mother said furiously.
Patton said some of the eight employees involved were taken to the hospital after the meeting.
“Some of the children complained of a burning sensation when they swallowed the ice cream,” she told a local CBS affiliate.
The daughter has since quit her job at the restaurant, and the Wolf County Sheriff’s Office is investigating.
“We still have multiple people coming in to give statements, but it’s still an investigation at this point,” Deputy Elijah Banks told WKYT.
Banks said he could not discuss the incident further because it involved a minor. No charges had been filed as of Tuesday, the department said.
Patton said she plans to meet with her attorney in the meantime.
“What they did was not right,” she said.
The chemicals found in many detergents can be deadly if ingested in large quantities.
When contacted by WKYT, Campton Dairy Queen said it had no comment on the allegations.
