Friday, January 18, 2008
Food & Drink / Food Chain Touch reptiles, then touch cookies
Posted by Julia Thiel on 01.18.08 at 10:47 AM
In a bizarre combination of events, Swissotel Chicago and Shedd Aquarium have teamed up to offer both a petting zoo and do-it-yourself cookie station in the hotel lobby on Saturday. The "Animal Encounters" portion, from 11 AM to noon, features aquatic animals from the aquarium's "Lizards and the Komodo King" exhibit; the cookie decorating, which takes place from 10 AM to 1 PM, allows kids to decorate and eat fish-shaped cookies. After petting the animals. Including reptiles, which are notorious for harboring and transmitting salmonella. Which, of course, can cause serious complications in young children (for this reason, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advise that children under the age of five should not come into contact with reptiles and amphibians). The press release didn't mention anything about hand-washing stations.
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Thank you for your concern. Swissôtel is providing a hand washing station along with providing anti-bacterial hand wipes and sanitizer. Additionally, the cookie station will closed during the Animal Encounters presentation. Both stations will be monitored to ensure each child (and adult) washes their hands before and after the Animal Encounter presentation.
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