A 2-year-old woman was mistakenly given alcohol as an alternative of apple juice at a Salinas restaurant and ended up within the emergency room.
What was purported to be apple juice was truly cooking wine that had been mislabeled and served to the kid at Fujiyama Japanese Restaurant, her dad and mom and restaurant officers advised KSBW on Thursday. The dad and mom didn’t discover till the toddler started to point out indicators of intoxication, then smelled her drink.
“She was swaying, she was falling over, she was leaning on partitions, she couldn’t maintain her head up, she was slurring her phrases,” her mom, Noemi Valencia, advised the TV station.
A visit to the emergency room confirmed the toddler’s blood alcohol content material was 0.12%, over the 0.08% authorized restrict for an grownup over 21, her dad and mom stated. She has since absolutely recovered.
The restaurant advised KSBW a big container of cooking wine was mislabeled as apple juice, which the server by chance poured for the kid.
Native police stated a report was filed Aug. 17 relating to the incident, in accordance with the information station. The California Division of Alcoholic Beverage Management stated in an announcement it’s working with native authorities to analyze the matter.
The dad and mom urged different households to style what’s served to youngsters at eating places as a precaution.
