*Mama Tina’s Gumbo, the favored stand run by Tina Knowles on the Houston Livestock Present & Rodeo, was quickly closed on March 16 after well being inspectors responded to complaints of meals poisoning.
SandraRose.com stories that one lady reported creating C. difficile, a bacterial an infection inflicting extreme colitis, after consuming gumbo. She described her signs as together with vomiting, chills, nausea, fever, and “throwing up blood.”
Inspectors uncovered severe meals dealing with violations upon reviewing the stand’s operations. The gumbo had been made at an off-site location, saved in non-food grade orange buckets, and frozen at a facility that lacked correct licensing earlier than being transported to a refrigerated trailer on the rodeo grounds. As soon as on-site, inspectors found thawed seafood marked “hold frozen” — and located no temperature logs or documentation to confirm that meals had been correctly cooled and saved.
Authorities discarded all improperly saved meals and issued a number of violations towards the stand. Among the many cited infractions had been sourcing meals from suppliers not listed on the authorized allow, failing to doc cooling occasions and temperatures, neglecting to mark date labels on meals held for greater than 24 hours, and never sustaining frozen meals on the required frozen state.
Well being officers labored with Knowles and her workers on the required corrective steps, and the stand was permitted to reopen the subsequent day, March 17, following an inspection that confirmed all meals within the freezer trailer was correctly frozen. Knowles additionally applied a brand new follow of getting ready gumbo contemporary on-site every morning to take care of meals security requirements.
The Houston Livestock Present and Rodeo concluded on March 22.
Houston well being inspectors listed no less than 6 violations that led to the non permanent closure of Mama Tina’s Gumbo on the Houston Rodeo, in line with information obtained by @KPRC2, however thawed shrimp and crab marked “hold frozen” actually stood out. pic.twitter.com/OIiICiR3Q9
— KPRC 2 Bryce Newberry (@KPRC2Bryce) March 23, 2026
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