Japan – E. coli in salad cause of over 3,400 students’ food poisoning at east Japan schools

Posted on July 14, 2020 by | Leave a comment

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SAITAMA — The cause of a food poisoning outbreak that affected a total of 3,453 students and others at 15 public schools in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, has been pinpointed to a seaweed salad harboring E. coli bacteria, the city’s board of education advised on July 13.

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