Last month, two employees at the Contoocook Covered Bridge Restaurant in New Hampshire contracted hepatitis A within about two weeks of each other. Their diagnoses prompted public warnings from the state and more than 1,000 vaccinations administered to those who had recently been to the restaurant or the American Legion in Contoocook.

Although the kitchen passed every inspection before and after the hepatitis A cases in its workers, manager Jeremy Frost said business has plunged and shows no sign of recovery.

“It’s dropped down dramatically,” Frost said. “Overall if you average together, it’s 50 percent that we’re down.”

Restaurant owner Donna Walter said, “We have to say something so surrounding people know we are still a safe place.”

People will know you are a safe place when you publicly promote your food safety standards, and look into Hepatitis A vaccines for all employees.

And in a typical case of blame-the-person, after at least 21 folks got sick with norovirus at Pawtuckaway State Park in NH, officials said “swimming and camping at the park is safe as long as people practice good hygiene.”

Fairytale.