The Nikko Japanese Steak and Sushi Bar recently revealed that it will be shutting down due to an investigation that uncovered methamphetamine contamination in some bottles and packets of soy sauce.
From WHIOTV7:
The Nikko Japanese Steak and Sushi Bar in Pace was investigated by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office after seven people were hospitalized after eating at the restaurant on June 10, WKRG-TV reported.
Detectives said that two soy sauce bottles and unopened to-go packets of the condiment that were tested came back positive for methamphetamine, according to the television station.
The seven patients were tested and treated at the Santa Rosa Medical Center, WEAR-TV reported. Blood work determined that they had ingested a drug, and the food was also tested at the hospital and also came back positive, according to the sheriff’s office.
“You get scared obviously,” Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson told the television station. “It worries you that somebody may be tampering with food service and things of that nature.”
No charges were filed because deputies were “unable to determine who contaminated the food due to a lack of witness observations and surveillance footage,” WKRG reported.
Makes you wonder, right? I mean, if they discovered meth in sealed sauce packets, it's hard to fathom why someone in the restaurant would go through the trouble of opening them up, adding meth, and then resealing them. It just doesn't add up.
Something definitely seems off in this whole situation...
