How Safe Is the Food at Your Ballpark? New at Reason

HandwashingFood policy expert Baylen Linnekin examines a new study by Sports Illustrated analyzing and ranking public safety habits in food handling at your favorite baseball stadium. Maybe watch what you eat in Tampa:

Among its conclusions, the report found “almost a third of the league’s stadiums had over 100 total violations, including both Los Angeles clubs. One Chicago stadium failed its routine inspection for the second summer in a row. Eighteen ballparks had critical violations in at least a quarter of their concession stands.”

Some of the violations reported are objectively gross: “Camden Yards had evidence of rodent infestation at eight different food entities and Yankee Stadium had 14 stands overrun with filth flies.”

The SI report updates the first such study, published by ESPN in 2009.

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