Everyone Needs To Show Support For Arizona Mother On Anti-Germ Campaign

Exposé gets Valley mom banned from McDonald’s

PHOENIX — An Arizona State University professor’s campaign against dirty restaurant playgroundsgot her banned from several McDonald’s in the Valley.

Dr. Erin Carr-Jordan, a mother of four, started recording and posting videos of trashy playgrounds, and quickly built an international following.  Her lab tests, which revealed dangerous bacteria on the equipment, have been featured on network broadcasts and in major national newspapers.

This week, Carr-Jordan was notified by an East Valley franchisee’s attorney that she is no longer allowed in any of his McDonald’s restaurants that have playgrounds.

“Rather than have someone come into the playgrounds and do the right thing and make them clean and safe, they told me not to come in anymore,” Carr-Jordan said.

Statement from McDonald’s spokesman

Ban won’t stop mom from fighting filth at McDonald’s

PHOENIX — The Valley mom on a mission to clean up fast-food restaurant playgrounds says she has no intention of abandoning her anti-germ campaign despite being banned from eight local McDonald’s restaurants earlier this week.

Dr. Erin Carr Jordan, of Arizona, is crusading against bacteria laden play areas ...

said support is still pouring in from across the country and she’s more determined than ever to keep those play areas clean.

Carr-Jordan said she’s had samples tested from McDonald’s play areas throughout the Valley and across the country and many of them revealed dangerous germs. Now, she wants the owners to be forced to clean them up.

When she first saw the dirty conditions inside the play areas of a number of McDonald’s restaurants, Carr-Jordan didn’t know who to inform.

“There’s nobody even to call,” she said. “They say complain to the managers. That obviously didn’t go so well. I complained to the managers and now I got banned.”

Carr-Jordan is now forbidden to visit eight Valley McDonald’s restaurants after warning others about the dirt and danger, some of which she displays on her Facebook page.

She said other people are volunteering to help.

“There’s so many other people who are saying, ‘Give me the swabs, I’ll pick up the torch’ or ‘I’ll go in here and take video for you,’” Carr-Jordan said.

A spokesperson for the Maricopa County Environmental Services said that inspectors will talk to managers or owners at restaurants with playgrounds if they find the conditions dirty or if they find equipment broken, but it is not a violation on their health code report. Most McDonald’s get high grades on those reports, which have to do with food service and preparation areas.

Thank you Tyler