Hong Kong health officials continue their investigation into a apparent Salmonella outbreak linked to sandwiches.
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reports identifying a total of 89 clusters of suspected food poisonings affecting 215 persons. Among them, stool specimens of six affected persons and one food remnant sample tested positive for Group D Salmonella.
All affected persons are now in stable condition.
Officials suspect the sandwiches were produced by an unlicensed food factory in Hong Kong. No specific ingredients have been implicated.
Salmonella is an organism that can cause foodborne illness in a person who eats a food item contaminated with it. Symptoms of infection may include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. The illness primarily impacts young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Most healthy adults and children rarely become seriously ill after exposure to Salmonella.
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