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Chili’s customers suffer burns after sipping margaritas mistakenly made with cleaning agent

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A Chili’s Grill & Bar in North Carolina is back in business after three customers and two workers suffered chemical burns on their mouths from sipping margaritas mistakenly made with a cleaning chemical last week.

The eatery in Forest City was shut down on Thursday after the customers, who had ordered the drinks shortly after the restaurant opened for lunch, “immediately experienced discomfort and chemical burns in and around their mouths,” the Foothills Health District said in a statement.

“Two restaurant employees subsequently tasted the substance and reported similar symptoms,” the FHD statement.

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