Thirty-four people who ate ehomaki made by a sushi restaurant in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture suffered from food poisoning, complaining of diarrhea and vomiting, and the city's public health center announced that a number of people continued to complain of symptoms, bringing the total number of patients to 150. Did.
The public health center identified Staphylococcus aureus as the cause of this food poisoning and instructed the store to improve hygiene management.
On the 3rd of this month, 34 men and women who ate ehomaki made by Rai Sushi in Uomachi, Himeji City complained of symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting, and the public health center banned the restaurant as food poisoning and detailed the cause. I was looking into it.
According to a public health center press conference held on the 8th, 150 people, including men and women ranging in age from 1 to 91, continued to complain of symptoms.
No one is seriously ill and all are recovering.
In addition, Staphylococcus aureus was detected on the hands and fingers of one of the two employees who rolled the ehomaki, and it was also detected on the ehomaki that remained in the store, so the public health center said that Staphylococcus aureus was detected in the hands and fingers of one of the two employees who rolled the ehomaki. It was determined that this was the cause of food poisoning.
Food poisoning caused by Staphylococcus aureus occurs due to lack of hand washing and inadequate temperature control of food, so the Himeji City Public Health Center has issued instructions to improve hygiene management.