Workers get food poisoning<\/p>\n
TANGERANG: Some 200 workers at the PT Karet Murni Kencana shoe
\nfactory on Jl. Raya Serang, Cikupa district, Tangerang regency,
\nwere rushed to hospital on Wednesday evening due to food
\npoisoning.<\/p>\n
As of Thursday, the workers were still being treated at the
\nTangerang General Hospital, Al-Qadr Hospital, Siloam Gleneagles
\nHospital, Honoris Hospital and the Husada Insani Hospital.<\/p>\n
One of the workers, Wati, 24, who was still receiving
\ntreatment at the Tangerang General Hospital, said that the
\nworkers had started to feel dizzy and queasy at around 4 p.m.,
\nbefore many of them fainted while working at their factory
\nbenches.<\/p>\n
Around 300 workers ate the company-provided lunch at midday.<\/p>\n
The factory security guards reported the incident to the
\nmanagement, which quickly arranged for the affected workers to be
\nbrought to hospital.<\/p>\n
Tangerang Police detectives deputy chief Insp. Kustanto said
\nthat his officers had summoned the owner of the catering company
\nthat supplied the food for questioning.<\/p>\n
\"We have taken samples of the food for laboratory tests,\" he
\nsaid. -- JP<\/p>",
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