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Published - Friday, September 05, 2008

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Subway odor turns out to be cleaning product
By Tribune staff

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A downtown sandwich shop reopened Thursday after tests indicated a mystery odor that left employees with irritated eyes and throats was caused by lime remover in a pan near an oven, authorities said.

The Subway restaurant on Third and Pearl streets had been forced to close after employees reported an odor that made their eyes and throats burn about 7:50 p.m. Wednesday.
The odor was traced to a pan that usually is filled with water to provide moisture below a bread oven, said La Crosse Fire Department Division Chief Michael Ethridge.

Heat and traces of lime remover in the pan “kind of created an irritant,” he said.

An air sample sent to a state lab in Madison confirmed the lime remover product, Ethridge said, adding “the county gave them a clean bill of health.”
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inkycat wrote on Sep 5, 2008 3:14 PM:

" They are using lime remover to keep moisture in the bread ovens........OMG! No more subway for me......LOL! "

wiseup wrote on Sep 5, 2008 9:41 AM:

" The county does require training and certification of at least 1 person at each location for food service. This type of problem is very rare and that is why it is big news for the Trib! This problem and others are much more likely to happen at someone's home, but that does NOT sell newspapers! "

cindy m wrote on Sep 5, 2008 9:38 AM:

" Darwin, I think the state requires that at least one person has a sanitation certification and they train the co workers. I do agree that anyone working with food should have to take the course it is very informative.
I do not see how taking the course would have prevented this from happening thou. "

Darwin wrote on Sep 5, 2008 6:59 AM:

" It would be helpful if the country health dept. required food service workers to have a sanitation certification, or at least one employee on shift with the certification. I've been in some prep areas of local restaurants with would turn you off ALL restaurant food for a long time. "


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