Poisoning in Binh Duong: ’25 -30 people ate vegetarian noodles suspected of containing botulinum toxin ‘



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The Binh Duong Province Health Department informed the Food Safety Department (Ministry of Health) on March 26 that many hospitalized intoxicated people were suspected of eating vegetarian pans that were suspected of containing the toxin Clostridium Botulinum.

The results of the initial investigation by the Binh Duong Province Food Safety Bureau identified that on March 20, the sisters of Ms CNH (53 years old) and Ms CNM (41 years old) went to the Chieu Shrine Lieu (Thu Dau Mot city – formerly At first, the information was that in An Thanh neighborhood, Thuan An city), we organized to cook noodles for lunch.

Ms H.’s sisters are the ones who directly buy the ingredients to process the dishes, such as noodles, rice, bitter melon, stewed tofu, tomatoes, mixed tea, kumquat tea. The ingredients for cooking noodles are vegetarian and vegan pate.

Lunch has around 25-30 people eating, all living Buddhists at the Chieu Lieu shrine presided over by Mrs H. and Mrs M.’s father. After the meal, both Mrs H., Mrs. M. and her 16-year-old daughter shared dizziness, blurred vision, stiff tongue, difficulty swallowing; respectively transferred to 115 People’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital 2, Cho Ray Hospital for emergencies. In which, Ms. M. could not survive.

Immediately after the incident, the Binh Duong Food Safety and Hygiene Department asked the Chieu Lieu Shrine to inform all Buddhists with abnormal health signs to immediately go to the medical center for examination and treatment. The patients directly prepare the food, the deceased person, the critical person, so the authorities have not precisely determined the ingredients purchased and where to buy.

The Department of Food Safety and Hygiene coordinates with specialized agencies to investigate, take samples of vegan cakes (sealed packages), vegetarians in the market and in production facilities in the area to send trace tests Find the toxin of Clostridium Botulinum.

Therefore, tAs of March 26, there were up to 6 intoxicated patients admitted to the hospital suspected of eating vegetarian pate in Binh Duong. Of these 3 people showed signs of recovery after using Clostridium Botulinum detox serum; The hospital is exchanging plasma to 2 people to reduce the toxin a bit, 1 person has died.

The Health Department confirmed “sufficient evidence to determine due to intoxication Botulinum toxin “

With clinical manifestations of patients after the transfusion of Clostridium Botulinum bacterium antitoxin serum, such as improving muscle strength in the fingertips, feet, and having good light reflectivity, speech understanding …, the Department of Medicine HCMC Economy officially confirmed that there is sufficient evidence that 3/6 patients poisoned by food containing toxins from the bacterium Clostridium Botulinum.

Health Ministry Searches For Poisonous Vegetarian Patterns In Binh Duong Health Ministry Searches For Poisonous Vegetarian Patterns In Binh Duong

TTO – The Department of Food Safety, Ministry of Health has just announced that it will find people having lunch 20-3 in the Chieu Lieu shrine area, Chanh Nghia residential area, Thu Dau Mot city, Binh Duong after 6 people poisoned after this meal, in which 1 person died.

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