On June 4, the Food Safety Department (Ministry of Health) sent an official dispatch to the Department of Health of Phu Yen province requesting an urgent investigation and tracing the origin of food related to the suspected food poisoning incident that occurred at a buffet restaurant in Tuy Hoa city.
Previously, the Department received information about 7 people having to be hospitalized for emergency care after eating buffet at a restaurant in Tuy Hoa. The patients showed symptoms of abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. In order to prevent the risk of spreading and protect public health, the Department requires local health agencies to urgently implement measures:
Direct the hospital where the patient is being treated to focus resources on active treatment, not to affect the health and lives of people.
Organize investigation, trace the origin of food, clarify the source of ingredients suspected of causing poisoning; collect samples of food and diseases for testing to find the cause; temporarily suspend processing facilities suspected of causing poisoning; strictly handle violations (if any) and publicize investigation results to warn the community.
Strengthen propaganda and instruct food service establishments to strictly comply with food safety regulations, control the origin of raw materials, ensure hygiene from the preliminary processing stage to transportation and storage of food samples in accordance with regulations.
Strictly implement instructions on food poisoning prevention. Report the investigation results to the Department of Food Safety according to regulations.
After a snail buffet at a restaurant in Tuy Hoa City (Phu Yen), 7 people in a group of 10 people had symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain and had to be hospitalized.
The leader of Dong Hoa Town Medical Center said that on June 3, the unit received 7 patients suspected of food poisoning. The patients were treated with painkillers and antibiotics and are currently in stable health.
Of these, 6 were members of a family. They said that on the afternoon of June 2, a group of 10 people ate snail and seafood buffets at a restaurant in Tuy Hoa City for 140,000 VND/person. If the two did not eat seafood, they would not have health problems.
The group's menu includes snails, raw oysters, seafood hotpot...
