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'World's best restaurant' vows to reimburse 63 poisoned diners

The restaurant in Denmark said the poisoning was caused by the highly contagious stomach bug that was brought in by a staff member.

THE “WORLD’S BEST restaurant” said today it would reimburse dozens of diners who came down with a nasty case of food poisoning after savouring its delights.

The two-Michelin-star Noma restaurant said it would alternatively offer them a free meal if they dared to return to the eatery in the Danish capital Copenhagen.

Noma said in a statement that tests had shown that the poisoning was caused by the highly contagious stomach bug norovirus that was brought into the restaurant by a staff member.

Sixty-three customers and some staff suffered vomiting or diarrhoea last month, health officials said yesterday.

The diners at Noma, which grabbed the number one spot in Restaurant magazine’s prestigious annual ranking in 2010, 2011 and 2012, fell sick over a five-day period, inspectors said in a report which can be seen on the eatery’s website.

The inspectors from the Danish food ministry criticised the restaurant for not alerting authorities quickly enough and for failing to take adequate action after the worker fell ill.

Noma blamed a delay in disinfecting the restaurant’s kitchen on internal communication problems.

Even when members of two separate dining parties complained by e-mail, and one employee reported vomiting after handling food, no measures were taken the morning after.

Noma charges 1,500 kroner (around €200) for a menu without drinks.

- © AFP 2013.

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    Mute Ahren Boache
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    Jul 21st 2015, 10:31 AM

    This winner of this week’s Ireland’s dumbest criminal.

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    Mute Carmo Vanderval
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    Jul 21st 2015, 10:48 AM

    They’re all winners.

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    Mute Veronika Hladová
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    Jul 21st 2015, 11:02 AM

    Should have been a maniac instead of a brainiac

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    Mute andrew
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    Jul 21st 2015, 11:46 AM

    may be dumb but dangerous as any simple google search will show

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    Mute Beachmaster
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    Jul 21st 2015, 10:33 AM

    Recaptured?! He handed himself in.

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    Mute Bigus Diccus
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    Jul 21st 2015, 10:37 AM

    And didn’t even throw away the knife first. What a genius.

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    Mute little jim
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    Jul 21st 2015, 11:11 AM

    You’d have to wonder where he tried to hide it. Seems like he’s enjoying himself though.

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    Mute The Journal TD
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    Jul 21st 2015, 10:32 AM

    Why do skangers always look the same??? sound the same who are they trying to emulate? They should be aiming themselves to be like enda kenny

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    Mute Kal Ipers
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    Jul 21st 2015, 3:04 PM

    Socio – economics peer pressure basically makes them want to fit in. The real question is why anybody who is not a criminal wants to dress like one.

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    Mute Citizen Keen
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    Jul 21st 2015, 10:58 AM

    Obviously not too worried about the consequences of his actions and why should he because there are no consequences.

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    Mute Miguel O'Reilly
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    Jul 21st 2015, 10:38 AM

    So he handed himself in whilst carrying a weapon. Ireland’s dumbest criminal? Maybe, but I doubt it.

    Clearly he just knows that he will. It get any extra prison time for absconding or for carrying a weapon whilst a prisoner.

    It will just give him temporary kudos amongst the skang fraternity

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    Jul 21st 2015, 11:06 AM

    Who is in today? haha!

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    Mute Kris Ertz
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    Jul 21st 2015, 1:02 PM

    46 convictions at 22 years of age…ffs…what a waste of space!

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    Jul 21st 2015, 7:03 PM

    can’t doubt his dedication…. if this skobe has been done 46 times. imagine what he’s got away with…… I’d have him and his ilk doing 20 years hard labour or chain ganged

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    Jul 21st 2015, 10:40 AM

    Plonker!

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    Jul 21st 2015, 10:34 AM

    Let’s hope the authorities manage to hold on to him this time

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    Mute Live Long
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    Jul 21st 2015, 11:13 AM

    Left through the back door of the courthouse! I suppose we should be grateful he isn’t Hannibal Lector

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    Mute Science of beer
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    Jul 21st 2015, 11:15 AM

    what a dope he walked into a cop shot known he was wanted carrying a weapon, surely he must have known he would be searched

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    Mute Science of beer
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    Jul 21st 2015, 11:15 AM

    cop shop

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    Mute Shane Freeney
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    Jul 21st 2015, 11:31 AM

    No point in been stupid if you don’t show it !

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    Mute John Staunton
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    Jul 21st 2015, 12:03 PM

    *being

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    Mute Shane Freeney
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    Jul 21st 2015, 12:39 PM

    Yawn !

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    Jul 21st 2015, 12:05 PM

    He’s not called short planks for nothing.

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    Jul 21st 2015, 12:54 PM

    What a dud.

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    Jul 21st 2015, 6:34 PM

    He looks like a right F×ckin Donkey!

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    Jul 22nd 2015, 12:07 AM

    A knife,a number of phones, and a USB stick. Jaysus

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