At a facility for the elderly in Machida, Tokyo, 94 people, including residents, complained of symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea, and the health center determined that the food poisoning was caused by the lunch provided at this facility.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, on February 19, the Long-Term Care Health Facility in Machida City, Tokyo, reported that "residents have symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea."
According to the health center's investigation, residents aged 57 to 101 and a total of 94 people, including 76 users and staff of the facility, had symptoms, and all of them were eating the lunch provided at the facility on the 18th of the previous day. I found out.
No one was hospitalized and all were mildly ill and have already recovered.
The health center determined that food poisoning was caused by this lunch, and Machida City, which has jurisdiction over the health center, suspended cooking at this facility for 25 to 5 days for "Urban Co., Ltd." in Hachioji City, which cooked. I made it.
According to the city, it is highly possible that it is caused by Clostridium perfringens, a type of bacterium, based on the symptoms and incubation period, but it has not been detected yet and is being investigated in detail.