Salmonella bacterial contamination gave 313 people food poisoning after eating food from a banh mi eatery in Hoi An Town, the Quang Nam health department announced Saturday.
Mai Van Muoi, director of the Quang Nam Department of Health, said the food poisoning came from the char siu (BBQ pork) and the various herbs and vegetables in banh mi samples taken from Ms. Phuong, a famous eatery in Hoi An. The results came from the analysis of food samples and fecal samples of patients at the Nha Trang Pasteur Institute.
The department said a total of 3,600 people bought banh mi from the eatery on September 11 and September 12. Later, 313 of said customers suffered the symptoms of food poisoning. The number included 103 foreigners. And 273 people had to be hospitalized, all of whom have since been discharged. There were no deaths associated with the incident.
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