Food poisoning hits 300 workers

Food poisoning hits 300 workers

VIETNAM: Nearly 300 workers at a South Korean-owned garment
manufacturing plant in Vietnam's southern business capital of Ho
Chi Minh City were treated in hospital after eating contaminated
food, the firm said on Thursday.

The 295 employees of the Kyungrim Vina Co. in the city's Binh
Chanh district were taken to two nearby hospitals on Thursday
after complaining of respiratory problems, vomiting and
diarrhea.

Their symptoms appeared after eating a pork and vegetable
lunch in the factory canteen, a company spokeswoman said.

Over 140 of the workers were kept overnight in hospital for
further treatment but the rest were discharged later that day
which, ironically, was National Health Day.

Food poisoning outbreaks in factory canteens are increasingly
common in Vietnam, particularly in the south where year-round
humidity and hot conditions provide fertile breeding grounds for
bacteria. --AFP