China News Service, July 3, according to Kyodo News, on July 2 local time, the local government said that more than 3,400 teachers and students from 15 schools in Saitama Prefecture near Tokyo suffered from diarrhea and diarrhoea due to school lunch food poisoning. Abdominal pain and other symptoms.
On June 26, after eating a school lunch including fried chicken and kelp salad, students in a school in Bachao City, Saitama County began to experience food poisoning symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain.
Since it was determined that the food in question was caused by school lunch provided by food delivery company Tobu Kyushoku Center, the Saitama Prefecture government ordered the company to suspend the use of the kitchen for three days.
As the number of food poisoning students increased, 377 students missed classes on June 29. According to reports, a local health center found E. coli in the excrement of some patients.
A local education committee in Saitama County decided that students from 15 schools would temporarily bring their own lunch.