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Clean Crab award sinks in Baltimore

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In May 2008, the Baltimore Health Department proposed the Clean Crab award, the image of a meticulous crab, hung perhaps at a restaurant’s threshold, to alert people to Baltimore’s cleanest dining establishments.

Yesterday, health types decided to cleanse themselves of crabs.

Instead, the Baltimore Examiner reports, a prize ribbon decal will recognize those with a solid record of sanitation for the Charm City Health Award for Excellence in Sanitation.

Olivia Farrow, assistant commissioner of the environmental health division of the Baltimore City Health Department, said,

"[The crab] is a bottom-feeder, so it’s probably not a good image."
 

In Baltimore, Clean Crab award for clean restaurants?

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I’m all for restaurant inspection disclosure, in a variety of ways — colors, letters, numbers, smiley faces — but a Clean Crab?

The Baltimore Sun reports that the Health Department would like to use the Clean Crab award, the image of a meticulous crab, hung perhaps at a restaurant’s threshold, to alert people to Baltimore’s most sanitary dining establishments.

Olivia Farrow, the city’s assistant commissioner for environmental health, said,

"The consumer should know. We just wanted to try and really empower consumers."

But a Clean Crab?

Joe Edwardsen, owner of Joe Squared Pizza and Bar on North Avenue, said,

"Crabs are nasty. Crabs are disgusting. You don’t see raw crab sushi out there, do you?"