Abnormal pain and diarrhea in more than 3400 people confirmed to be food poisoning due to school lunch Saitama Yashio July 2, 23:07
When the prefecture investigated the problem of children and students in elementary and junior high schools in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture who complained of abdominal pain and diarrhea, it was found that more than 3,400 people had complained of the symptoms so far. The public health center determined that it was a group food poisoning caused by school lunch and decided to suspend the cooking facility that provided the meal for two to three days.
In Yashio City, on July 29, a total of 377 elementary and junior high school children and students complained of symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea were absent from the school, and the public health center was conducting an investigation.
As a result, it was said that the number of children and students in 15 elementary and junior high schools in the city, and half of the teachers, reached 3,453, complaining of the symptoms.
According to the prefecture, all the lives were the same, and "pathogenic Escherichia coli" was detected from multiple children and students, and all were cooked at the Yashio factory of "Shikitei" operated by the "Cooperative Union Eastern Lunch Center" on the 26th of last month. I was eating school lunch.
For this reason, the public health center has determined that it is a group food poisoning caused by school lunch and has suspended this facility for 2 to 3 days, and is investigating the ingredients that caused it.