food poisoning

Mount Holyoke College community responds to student accounts of food poisoning

Mount Holyoke College community responds to student accounts of food poisoning

Previously, on April 8, Mount Holyoke News published a piece titled “Students believe the Dining Commons is giving them food poisoning, the College disagrees,” discussing the experiences of the wider student community with food poisoning and sickness from the dining hall food. 

Students believe the Dining Commons is giving them food poisoning, the College disagrees

Students believe the Dining Commons is giving them food poisoning, the College disagrees

“Have you ever gotten food poisoning from Blanch before?” This question was written in dry-erase marker on the top of the popular Information Commons message board on the fourth floor of Williston Memorial Library.

In a tallied poll below the question, six students voted that they had, while 10 expressed experience with milder bowel illness, such as diarrhea. Several students commented on their concern with dining hall food overall. One comment asked, “When do you not get food poisoning from Blanch?”