On the afternoon of March 24, the Quang Ngai Department of Health reported on taking epidemiological samples and tracing to investigate a food poisoning case that caused 19 people, including many children, to be hospitalized after eating bread from a stroller on Van Tien Dung street, Tinh Khe commune, near the Regional General Clinic and Son My Relic Site.
Epidemiological reports show that from about 7 am on March 21 to 8 am on March 22, patients bought bread at a shop owned by Ms. Ai. At about 3 pm on the same day, the first case appeared symptoms of abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, fever; other cases then had similar symptoms and were taken to the emergency room. As of 10 am on March 24, a total of 19 people had come for examination and treatment. Currently, the patient's health has stabilized after being actively treated.
Working with the inspection team, Ms. Ai said that she sells a bread cabinet from 6 am to 9 am every day, with many types of fillings such as spring rolls, floss, butter (self-made from chicken eggs and soy sauce), braised chili sauce, coriander, shredded meat, shumai. Among them, spring rolls are bought from a facility near Go market (Truong Quang Trong ward); braised chili sauce and floss are taken from a small trader at Tinh Khe market; the remaining ingredients are self-prepared by the family in the kitchen.
The facility owner said that some foods such as beef jerky, pork sausage, braised chili, and floss were bought for preservation and use for 2-3 days to sell gradually. However, at the time of inspection, the facility owner could not present documents related to business conditions as well as the origin and origin of raw materials. The processing area is a family kitchen, then it is transported by stroller to a selling point about 80 m from the house.
The inspection team sealed all remaining food, requesting to stop operations to wait for the conclusion of specialized agencies. The Provincial Center for Disease Control has taken 4 food samples and 7 specimens for testing to determine the cause.
Local health sectors recommend strengthening inspections of street food businesses, especially mobile bread stalls; and at the same time propagating people to choose safe food to limit the risk of poisoning.
