Sixty-eight factory workers at Hoa Phat Garment Company in district 10 of Ho Chi Minh City were hospitalized yesterday evening due to a case of food poisoning, the cause of which is yet to be investigated. Several of the 750 workers at the factory showed signs of food poisoning just half an hour after they had eaten noodle soup served with shrimp, pork, and raw vegetable provided by the company's cafeteria, according to initial sources. It is still unclear as to what caused the food poisoning. Inspectors from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health concluded that the factory's kitchen failed to meet sanitary requirements. … [Read more...] about HCMC food poisoning hits 68 garment workers
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Food poisoning hits factory cafeterias
HA NOI (VNS) — Food safety is still a major problem at factory canteens in industrial parks, officials said. Statistics from the Administration for Food Safety and Hygiene revealed that more than 380 people across the country suffered from food poisoning in October alone. "The overuse of plant protection chemicals such as herbicides, insecticides and fungicides still persists," administration director Nguyen Thanh Phong said during a workshop held by the Ministry of Health on Monday. The workshop focused on measures to ensure food safety and investigate food poisoning incidents at public canteens. To tackle the problem, the Food Safety Administration has asked health and food safety departments to strengthen inspections and strictly handle violations for the remainder of the year. Officials called on relevant agencies to strengthen communication in order to educate managers, chefs and staff working at canteens and food processing companies. Statistics showed that 10 per … [Read more...] about Food poisoning hits factory cafeterias
Mass food poisoning hits Binh Dương firm’s workers
224 banh my eaters stricken with salmonella poisoning Suspected food poisoning affects 48 workers Suspected food poisoning affects 48 IZ workers 20 food poisoning deaths reported in nine months Family of nine suffers from food poisoning BINH DƯƠNG (VNS) - Hundreds of workers of Vĩnh Nghĩa Shoes Company in Bến Cát Town in the southern Binh Dươnng Province were hospitalised yesterday for suspected food poisoning. The workers said they had shrimp braised with pork, fried cabbage, boiled gourd and egg soup for lunch at the company's kitchen yesterday. Soon after they returned to work, many of them developed symptoms of food poisoning such as vomiting, stomach ache, abdominal pain and diarrhoea. Many of them fainted and were taken to hospital. Director of the provincial General Hospital Văn Quang Tân said his hospital received more than 130 workers and several of them had to lie down in the hospital's meeting hall due to patient overload in the emergency room. Mỹ Phước Hospital and Vạn … [Read more...] about Mass food poisoning hits Binh Dương firm’s workers
Food poisoning hits Vietnam hard
One out of every 10 Vietnamese suffers from food poisoning every year, a recent report from the Vietnam Food Administration estimated. The administration had recorded nearly 1,000 cases of food poisoning in the period of 2001-05, the administration head Tran Dang told local Phap Luat newspaper. Fooed-poisoned workers of Ho Chi Minh City factory were treated in a hospital in 2005 … [Read more...] about Food poisoning hits Vietnam hard
Food poisoning hits 700 in HCM City
VietNamNet Bridge - A reported 700 people were hospitalised because of food poisoning last week in HCM City, raising fears about hygiene in the run-up to the Tet (Lunar New Year). About 200 workers from Pungkook Sai Gon Ltd Co in Tan Thuan Export-Processing Zone, District 7, were hospitalised because of chronic food poisoning on the night of December 25. Two days later, 140 students and care workers at Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Primary School in District 12 also came down with food poisoning. Meanwhile, 320 workers at three companies in District 12 fell sick after eating bacteria-infected food on December 30. It was the worst reported food-poisoning case in the city in the last six months. … [Read more...] about Food poisoning hits 700 in HCM City