Originally Posted by
n4zhg
Nice idea, but unfortunately once the food leaves the vendor it also leaves the jurisdiction of the County Health Department. Unless you can actively prove that the smurf swab is a disease vector.
If you get a refill at some places (ex. Arby's), they ask you to take the top and straw off the drink before you hand it to them for contamination reasons. Wouldn't something similar apply?
I'd think that pulling a swab out of a pocket and not out of an individually wrapped plastic sheet would qualify.