Request to trace suspected food poisoning that hospitalized 37 people in Ho Chi Minh City

On March 31, information from the Food Safety Department ( Ministry of Health ) said that the unit had just sent an official dispatch to the Ho Chi Minh City Food Safety Department regarding the investigation and handling of a suspected food poisoning case due to eating bread that caused 37 people to be hospitalized in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Food Safety Department requested to trace the food suspected of causing poisoning that hospitalized 37 people in Ho Chi Minh City.

Specifically, the Food Safety Department received information about a suspected food poisoning case due to eating bread that caused 37 people to be hospitalized, including 33 students of Tan Tuc Secondary School, Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City.

Faced with the above situation, the Department requested the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety to urgently direct hospitals with patients being treated to focus all resources on actively treating patients, not to affect their health and lives, and if necessary, to request professional consultation support from higher-level hospitals.

At the same time, investigate to determine the cause of the suspected poisoning according to regulations, trace the origin of the food suspected of causing poisoning, take food samples and specimens for testing to find the cause;

Temporarily suspend the operation of the facility suspected of causing poisoning, investigate the facility's implementation of food safety regulations, strictly handle violations of food safety regulations (if any) and publicize the results to promptly warn the community.

In addition, the Department also requested the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety to strengthen propaganda and guidance for street food production and trading establishments, food service establishments, and collective kitchens to ensure hygiene and food safety conditions, strictly implement the management of food ingredients' origin, three-step food inspection, food sample storage, and hygiene in processing stages.

Propagating andeducating people about food safety knowledge and measures to prevent food poisoning, in order to raise awareness, change behaviors and habits that do not ensure food safety in choosing and using food, and not use food of unknown origin, label, or source.

Previously, on March 29, District 11 Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City received 37 suspected cases of food poisoning, of which 2 were children who had to be hospitalized for treatment in the Pediatrics Department; the remaining 35 cases were treated in the Emergency Department, prescribed medication and instructed to monitor at home.

According to initial information, the patients ate bread bought at a facility in District 6, Ho Chi Minh City while visiting Dam Sen Park.

After receiving suspected cases of food poisoning, doctors performed paraclinical examinations, treated symptoms, rehydrated, and used antibiotics for the patients.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/yeu-cau-truy-xuat-thuc-pham-nghi-gay-ngo-doc-khien-37-nguoi-nhap-vien-tai-tphcm-192250331110747341.htm