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160964
Mon, 02/14/2011 - 17:40
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Over 800 students have food poisoning symptoms in Hokkaido
SAPPORO, Feb. 14 Kyodo - A total of 840 elementary and junior high school students have missed class in Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, due to food poisoning symptoms after eating school lunch last week, local officials said Monday.
Fifteen teachers and other school staff also exhibited food poisoning symptoms, they said.
The officials initially reported that 925 students were absent from school in connection with food poisoning symptoms, but the figure included those who have missed class because of flu and other illnesses.
Health authorities suspect salmonella infection but have yet to determine what made them sick, they said.
The students started exhibiting the symptoms on Friday after eating lunch the previous day which was cooked in the school kitchens for some 3,100 students. The lunch included potato miso soup, komatsuna leaf salad and Japanese radish with ground meat, the officials said.
Fifteen teachers and other school staff also exhibited food poisoning symptoms, they said.
The officials initially reported that 925 students were absent from school in connection with food poisoning symptoms, but the figure included those who have missed class because of flu and other illnesses.
Health authorities suspect salmonella infection but have yet to determine what made them sick, they said.
The students started exhibiting the symptoms on Friday after eating lunch the previous day which was cooked in the school kitchens for some 3,100 students. The lunch included potato miso soup, komatsuna leaf salad and Japanese radish with ground meat, the officials said.
