Beware Tina Knowles’s Famous Gumbo
The Cut • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Tina Knowles launched Mama Tina’s Gumbo as a food stall at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, attracting significant attention from attendees.
- On March 16, a customer reported severe symptoms including chills, fever, nausea, and vomiting blood after eating the gumbo, prompting the Houston Health Department to temporarily close the stall.
- Health inspectors found multiple food safety violations, including improper off-site cooking, unsafe storage in non-food-grade containers, lack of temperature logs, and thawed frozen seafood without proper date marking.
- The stall operators cooperated with inspectors, received education on proper food handling, ceased off-site food preparation, and passed a follow-up inspection the next day.
- Mama Tina’s Gumbo was allowed to reopen and resume serving customers after addressing all health concerns.
