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‘Gross unsanitary’: Trump’s golf club slammed for long list of health violations including contaminated food

The worst hygiene score in the county!

If you visit a Trump Golf Club, consider skipping dinner. Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster was visited by health inspectors on May 6, and they found a truly disgusting kitchen. Their report gave the club’s kitchen a rock-bottom 32 out of 100 score, the lowest of 115 food establishments in Somerset County.

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Among the most serious issues were that the kitchen wasn’t in compliance with all three food contamination requirements, with inspectors noting expired milk, raw meat stored above cheese, a dishwasher that didn’t get hot enough to clean plates properly, and that food surfaces weren’t properly cleaned and sanitized.

Employees also don’t appear to have clean hands, with the report noting that the sinks didn’t have soap or paper towels, that a handwashing facility was being used to store a sanitizer bucket, and that there was inadequate signage. They also identified problems with the cleanliness of toilet facilities, and garbage disposal. Their conclusion: “TCC many critical and non-critical violations found at time of inspection. PIC fails to demonstrate knowledge of food safety”.

Food cross-contamination is a serious problem, being the single most common cause of food poisoning. Consequences can be as serious as E.coli infections, Salmonella and Listeria are generally spread this way, resulting in stomach cramps, crippling diarrhea, vomiting, and fever. In serious cases, you can end up in the hospital, and it’s very possible that food poisoning can kill you.

Kinda sus

Forbes published an article highlighting this report yesterday and, in an eyebrow-raising twist, an inspector re-inspected Trump’s golf club mere hours later. On this hurried re-inspection, the kitchen was quickly regarded to be a “B” with a score of 86, which it’s pointed out is “the lowest score possible to still receive that grade”.

A Trump golf club kitchen getting a terrible food inspection report is probably low on Donald Trump’s presidential priority list, so we doubt he was personally yelling down the Oval Office phone to the Somerset County Department of Health. However, what’s far more likely is some stressed golf club manager calling the inspectors and arguing that if they don’t re-inspect Trump’s club today, their careers as health inspectors may come to an abrupt end.

All of which is to say, if you’re enjoying a round of golf in Bedminster, maybe skip the kitchen and just stop off at McDonald’s on the way home. At least you can be fairly sure their kitchens will be clean.


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