Beetroot salad contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus was the likely source of illness onboard two flights from Nepal.
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health in Hong Kong said 43 passengers, 22 men and 21 women, on two flights from Kathmandu earlier this month were affected.
They developed symptoms of food poisoning such as vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, about 10 to 60 minutes after having inflight meals. Patients were aged between 11 and 75 and none of them required hospitalization.
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