Over 350 workers at a South Korean company in Vinh Phuc Province suffered food poisoning after eating lunch on Tuesday.
Over 3,290 workers at Shinwon Ebenezer Vietnam textile company ate lunch in two batches at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
The meal, cooked at the company, comprised chicken, broccoli, legumes, and pickles.
The Vinh Phuc Department of Health has collected food samples to identify the cause of the outbreak.
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2024 |
1221 | E. coli O157:H7 |
Organic Walnuts |
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| 4/10/
2024 |
1218 | Salmonella Typhimurium |
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RIYADH: The Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing announced on Saturday that a Saudi Food and Drug Authority laboratory test had found clostridium botulinum in a Bon Tum mayonnaise brand used by the Hamburgini food chain.
Since the bacterium was discovered in a Bon Tum factory, the ministry has collaborated with the SFDA and other authorities to enforce additional measures beyond those previously implemented.
These measures include suspending the distribution of the mayonnaise product and withdrawing it from markets and food facilities across all cities in the Kingdom. They also include halting operations at the factory in preparation for implementing statutory procedures.
Imported beef is to blame for a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 50 people, according to Danish officials.
Since March, 51 people in Denmark have been infected with the same type of Salmonella, said the Statens Serum Institut (SSI).
The Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak has sickened 31 men and 20 women. Patients are between the ages of less than 1 year old to 83 years old with a median age of 37. They live throughout the country. 18 people have been hospitalized but no deaths have been recorded.
Almost 550 people have fallen sick in a large food poisoning outbreak in Vietnam.
People were taken ill after eating at a bakery in Long Khánh, a city in Đồng Nai Province.
In the past week, 547 people were sickened, according to the Dong Nai Department of Health.
An inspection by authorities found the bakery did not have a business license or an eligible food safety certificate. Four employees did not have a certificate of food safety training or a health certificate.
A meeting with local food producers and traders earlier this week revealed that only around 20 percent of 132 bakery outlets in Long Khánh have business licenses. In 2023, a training session was organized for food businesses in the area. The owner of Co Bang bakery attended but was not given a certificate on food safety.
Hospitals conducted test results on 29 patient samples, and the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Public Health recorded 16 positives for two Salmonella and E. coli strains, and nine samples were positive for E. coli.
Results from food samples taken at the implicated bakery by the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Public Health recorded Salmonella positives in four of eight samples.
Officials said these findings mean it can be concluded that Salmonella caused the food poisoning.
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At least 250 concert staffers reportedly came down with food poisoning at a rock band show in Argentina.
The sickened workers, mostly assigned to the security team, fell ill after eating ham, chicken and cheese sandwiches at a La Renga show that took place at Estadio Único Armando in La Plata on Saturday night.
At least 174 staff members reported stomach ailments and were treated at several hospitals in the province of Buenos Aires and another 90 workers were treated by the Red Cross, according to the health ministry.
Posted in Food Illness, Food Poisoning, Foodborne Illness, Illness
A flight to Germany had to be met by emergency services after dozens of passengers started vomiting.
The Condor Airbus A330 was flying Thursday from Mauritius to Frankfurt, Germany — a journey that takes more than 11 hours.
The German outlet Bild reported that 70 of the 290 passengers on board reported symptoms including vomiting and nausea.
In a statement shared with Business Insider, a Condor spokesperson said “some guests on board became ill” and were cared for by the crew with “additional liquids and airsick bags.
Posted in Food Illness, Foodborne Illness, Illness
A Norovirus outbreak linked to a North Carolina sushi restaurant has sickened at least 241 people since late last month, local health authorities said Thursday.
Before falling ill, all the victims had visited Sushi Nine in Raleigh between Nov. 28 and Dec. 5, according to Wake County’s public health and environmental services departments.
Over 100 wedding guests, including children, became violently ill on-site after the dessert course at a celebration in Cuernavaca, Mexico, reports the Daily Mail—and it was so bad, that paramedics were called to the scene.
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