Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan have ordered a probe into food hygiene in secondary schools following a street protest over mass food poisoning at a high school in the provincial capital, Chengdu.
Parents of students at the private Chengdu Qizhong Experimental School on Tuesday protested poor food hygiene in the canteen after a string of food poisoning cases among students, a local journalist told RFA.
The latest figures show that on average, across the major retailers, 3.1% of chickens tested positive for the highest level of contamination. These are the chickens carrying more than 1,000 colony forming units per gram (cfu/g) of campylobacter.
Michael Wight, Director of Policy at the Food Standards Agency said:
‘It is encouraging that campylobacter levels in retail chicken are holding consistently low, however we will continue to work closely with retailers and smaller poultry businesses to bring levels down to as low as reasonably achievable.
‘We would like to thank the major retailers and poultry producers for continuing to work alongside the FSA in the publication of the results.’
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CAMP MACABULOS, Tarlac City: Doctors have declared 55 indigenous peoples (IPs) from Sitio Bethel in Barangay Maruglo, Capas, Tarlac safe from food poisoning, while three others remain in hospital for further observation. Those out of danger were discharged three days after they were confined due to food poisoning from a feeding program by a nongovernment organization (NGO) from Bulacan. Initial investigation showed that 73 IPs ate pork barbeque and lumpiang togue (spring roll with mung bean sprouts), and pork menudo packed in a styrofoam box. At about 4 p.m., they experienced stomach pain, nausea and vomiting, and felt dizzy; barangay (village) officials rushed them to two hospitals.
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