A Salmonella outbreak that sickened almost 200 people at a Belgian school was likely caused by eggs used to make a tartare sauce, according to authorities.
The Agency for Care and Health (Zorg en Gezondheid) and Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) investigation detected Salmonella in the freshly prepared tartare sauce. Findings from an online survey of students and teachers also reached the same conclusion on the source.
The Agency for Care and Health had previously received information about a number of students from the school complaining of gastrointestinal illness.
Since Sept. 14, no new cases of illness have been reported so the Spermalie Hotel and Tourism School in Bruges has been allowed to resume normal operation.
About 200 students and teachers from the school became ill from Sept. 6 onward. Laboratory analyses of stool samples revealed students and teachers had been affected by Salmonella.
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