You Should Probably Skip These Menu Items At A Restaurant

Food 5/23/23

Bottled Ketchup On The Table Is Often Combined With Other Bottles

Businesses don’t like being wasteful and sometimes go to certain lengths to assure efficiency. With that being said, it’s relatively common practice to combine ketchup bottles at the end of the night. I know what you’re thinking, isn’t that against health codes?

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The short answer: not really but it varies depending on the state you live in and of course, the practices of the restaurant. Refilling ketchup bottles after they’ve been properly sanitized and cleaned is one thing, but marrying two bottles is a disaster waiting to happen.