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USA – E.coli Outbreak – Source Unknown

Posted on March 4, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Food Poisoning Bulletin Entero

An E. coli outbreak has sickened at least six children in Lodi, California. The children all attend the same elementary school, but the principal says health officials have ruled out the school as the source of the outbreak.
Two of the children in the same class have confirmed cases of E.coli poisoning , one of them, a second grader, was hospitalized. The school has done a thorough cleaning of affected classrooms and health investigators say no E.coli bacteria was found in the cafeteria.

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New Zealand – Norovirus Outbreak

Posted on February 24, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Bay of Plenty Times

At least 15 people have become ill after contracting a virus from the children’s play area of a Tauranga ten pin bowling venue.

Toi Te Ora – Public Health Service medical officer of health Dr Jim Miller said, in a written statement, the service had been notified of cases of norovirus gastroenteritis in at least nine preschool and primary aged children and six adults earlier this month.

He confirmed those affected had picked up the bug from the children’s play area of a Tauranga ten pin bowling venue.

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India – Lizard in Food: 350 School Children Hospitalised

Posted on September 23, 2014 by | Leave a comment

The Financial Express BeardedDragonEatting

Around 350 children of a government-run Urdu Primary School here were hospitalised on Friday for suspected food poisoning after partaking mid-day meal.

The children with complaints of head ache, stomach ache and vomitting were taken to Dr Ambedkar Medical College Hospital with anxious parents swarming the premises, making it tough for police to control them.

Speaking to reporters, Health Minister U T Khader, who visited the hospital, said “around 350 students have fallen ill and have been admitted to Ambedkar Hospital. Most of them have returned home after getting the treatment.”

The children were brought to the hospital at around 3.30 pm with complaints of vomiting sensation, Anjaneya, Manager, Ananda Social and Educational Trust which runs the hospital, said.

He said doctors were told that a lizard was found in the food served to the children.

A school teacher said she found a lizard in the food soon after which they stopped serving it.

 

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USA – Possible Food Poisoning Kids Football Tournament

Posted on December 2, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Food Safety News

As many as 80 children and parents have reportedly fallen ill with nausea, diarrhea and vomiting after attending a youth football tournament in Las Vegas last week, according to NBC affiliate News 3.

As of Sunday afternoon, the exact cause of illness was still unclear, but at least 13 children and five adults have been treated at hospitals for foodborne illness.

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