400 students hospitalized for suspected food poisoning in India

Via Xinhua :

" More than 400 students of a Mumbai school were hospitalized Monday with symptoms of food poisoning after eating a cake served in mid-day meal, said local daily The Hindustan Times Tuesday.

Students from classes 1 to 8 of Anjuman Nurool Islam Urdu School at the financial capital of India complained of uneasiness after having the food, said the newspaper.

The incident came about four months after a poisonous mid-day meal claimed 23 children in the eastern state of Bihar.

"We rushed the students to nearby hospitals," the newspaper quoted N.M. Malik, Mumbai school principal, as saying.

However, doctors said the children were stable and many were discharged Monday. "No child was critical."

India : 21 Children Die After Eating School Meal

Via Sky News :

" As dozens of children remain ill in hospital and angry protests erupt, it is feared the lunches contained poisonous chemicals.

Some 21 children, aged between eight and 11, have died after eating free meals at a primary school in eastern India.

At least another 35 children remain in hospital in Patna, the Bihar state capital. Ten of the youngsters are in a critical condition.

They fell ill after eating a lunch of rice and lentils in Masrakh village in the Saran district on Tuesday.

They were rushed to hospital in the capital, some 50 miles (80km) south of the village."

Malaysia : 71 students hit by food poisoning

Article via New Straits Times, excerpt :

" Seventy-one students of SM Vokasional Alor Star in Jalan Stadium here were rushed to Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital here after suffering from food poisoning on Saturday.

A witness said the students -- 36 girls and 35 boys, aged between 15 and 17 -- had snacks at the school canteen before suffering bouts of diarrhoea and nausea after performing the maghrib prayers.

They were sent to the hospital in two buses at about 9.15pm. Nobody was hospitalised."

Philippines : 13 fishermen poisoned by rare fish species

Via Xinhua :

" Some 13 fishermen in Central Philippines were believed to have been poisoned by rare fish species in Mabilo village, Kalibo in Aklan province Monday morning, a local official said.

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) are currently investigating the incident and if the fish species they ate were poisonous, an official with the BFAR said.

The fishermen are working in the netting project of the BFAR. The fishermen said there were around 30 of them who ate the fish but only 13 of them were hospitalized."

Two die in northwest China of suspected food poisoning

Article via Xinhua :

" Food poisoning is the suspected cause of two deaths and dozens of sick in northwest China's Gansu Province, said local authorities Wednesday.

According to the government of Longxi county, 30 people had been sent to hospitals by 10 a.m. Wednesday, of which six were in critical condition.

Two died early Wednesday morning after medical treatment failed.

All of patients were found to have had a kind of local snack made of bean jelly and roast chicken at a store.

Police have detained the stall owner and collected the remaining food for testing."

Hong Kong : Suspected food poisoning cases under investigation

Via Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection, excerpt :

" The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health is today (July 20) investigating two suspected food poisoning outbreaks involving eight persons and reminded people to maintain personal, food and environmental hygiene to prevent food-borne diseases.

The first cluster involved four girls, all aged 13. They developed abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea about three to five hours after having lunch in a restaurant in Sha Tin on July 18. Three of the girls sought medical advice. One who required hospitalisation has already been discharged.

The second cluster involved three females and one male aged from 29 to 54. They developed the same symptoms about three to seven hours after having lunch in the same restaurant on the same day. One of them sought medical treatment and did not require hospitalisation."

Death toll in Japan's restaurant chain food poisoning reaches 4

Article from Xinhua :

" The death toll in a string of food poisoning cases at a Japanese barbecue restaurant chain has risen to four after a woman died Thursday, local media reported.

The woman, 70, was hospitalized for food poisoning and fell into a serious condition after eating a raw meat dish at an outlet of the Yakiniku-izakaya Ebisu chain in Tonami, Toyama Prefecture, on April 23, according to Kyodo News.

She was a family member of another woman in her 40s who dined with her and died Wednesday.

In addition to the two women, two boys in Toyama and Fukui prefectures also died in April in the food poisoning cases involving the restaurant chain operator, Foods Forus Co., based in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture.

The restaurant chain has admitted that it had failed for the last two years to conduct hygiene inspections of raw meat supplied for the dish by a Tokyo-based wholesaler."

More than 200 people sickened by food poisoning in north China

Via Xinhua, excerpt :

" TAIYUAN, May 2 : More than 200 people were sickened on Monday by food poisoning in a restaurant in north China's Shanxi Province, local health authorities said.

The sickened customers suffered from nausea, diarrhea and other symptoms after they had lunch at Ruizhou Grand Restaurant in Datong City.Four of the victims were said to be in serious conditions, said a spokesman for the emergency response office with the Shanxi provincial health department.

Some of the sick were receiving treatment at four different hospitals in the city, the spokesman said.

The restaurant served 60 to 70 tables at lunch for two weddings and one birthday celebration on Monday, the final day of the three-day Labor Day holiday in China."

Canada : Vancouver-processed raw oysters recalled

Via CTV News :

" VANCOUVER : A voluntary recall has been issued for a brand of raw West Coast oysters after three groups of diners got food poisoning after eating together in the Vancouver-area.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning the public not to eat Effingham extra small raw oysters, produced by Albion Fisheries and Sea World Fisheries, after the 16 people became ill.

"They had norovirus-like illness -- diarrhea, vomiting, stomach cramps -- and they've now recovered," said Anna Marie D'Angelo, a spokeswoman for Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.

"We reported that to the food inspection agency."

D'Angelo said the unrelated groups of people became sick last Friday, Sunday and Monday, leading to an investigation and then the recall. She didn't know if people in other areas of the province have become sick too."