On October 24, information from the Thai Nguyen Department of Health, the unit issued a document reporting to the Provincial People's Committee regarding the incident in which many students of the National Defense and Security Education Center (abbreviated as the Center) - Thai Nguyen University showed signs of suspected food poisoning.
Accordingly, at 10:22 on October 14, the Center recorded 281/1,500 students showing symptoms of abdominal pain and diarrhea after meals on October 13.
Of these, 9 students with severe symptoms were transferred to A Thai Nguyen Hospital for treatment; 7 people have been discharged from the hospital, the remaining 2 cases continue to be monitored.
By the morning of October 15, the inspection team of the Department of Health worked in the center's collective kitchen, the results showed that the processing and processing area had deteriorated, with some processing people not wearing hats and masks according to regulations.
In addition, the inspection showed that the authentication books were recorded but there were no standard records.
According to the results of reviewing the history of the Center's student meals on October 13, the menu includes 3 main meals with rice, stir-fried meat, pork sausage, fried fish, fried tofu, vegetable soup and green vegetables.
In the report of the Department of Health, the Center mentioned some suspicious dishes such as mushrooms, tofu with a sour smell and wet pork leg.
The water source used in the kitchen is also suspected of being polluted due to storm No. 11 causing flooding.
For the unit providing meals, Nam Thanh Ha Noi Company Limited, Thai Nguyen Department of Health has issued a decision to administratively fine the amount of 20 million VND.
The reason is that the enterprise violated food safety regulations, used processors who did not comply with protection requirements and did not properly store food samples according to the law.
The Thai Nguyen Department of Health requires Nam Thanh Hanoi Company Limited to overcome all shortcomings, ensure hygiene at the facility, processing process and store food samples in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of Health.
The Center for National Defense and Security Education is recommended to repair and upgrade the processing and processing area, closely monitor the service process, and continue to monitor students' health and report when there are abnormalities.
