It's been suspected that Salmonella could be attributed to JCJE School in Tondo 112 pupils downed by food poisoning.
Salmonella could be the reason for the alleged food poisoning of 112 pupils from the Jose Corazon de Jesus Elementary School in Tondo, Manila, initial findings of the Department of Health (DoH) indicated.
Dr. Eric Tayag, chief of the DoH's national epidemiology center, said salmonella enteritidis was discovered from the stool of the children who suffered diarrhea and vomiting about 12 hours after eating canteen food.
"Salmonella is usually found in contaminated egg, and the canteen served scrambled egg sandwich. The investigation, however, is not yet complete," he said in a text message.
The students, who ranged from Grades 1-5, were confined at the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center and San Lazaro Hospital a day or two after eating egg sandwiches, hotdogs and mais con yelo (sweet corn in ice) prepared by their canteen Friday.
Dr. Yolanda Oliveros, director of the National Center for Disease Prevention and Control, said 18 of 30 samples tested positive for salmonella, a microorganism that grows on contaminated food.
Source: Inquirer
Salmonella could be the reason for the alleged food poisoning of 112 pupils from the Jose Corazon de Jesus Elementary School in Tondo, Manila, initial findings of the Department of Health (DoH) indicated.
Dr. Eric Tayag, chief of the DoH's national epidemiology center, said salmonella enteritidis was discovered from the stool of the children who suffered diarrhea and vomiting about 12 hours after eating canteen food.
"Salmonella is usually found in contaminated egg, and the canteen served scrambled egg sandwich. The investigation, however, is not yet complete," he said in a text message.
The students, who ranged from Grades 1-5, were confined at the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center and San Lazaro Hospital a day or two after eating egg sandwiches, hotdogs and mais con yelo (sweet corn in ice) prepared by their canteen Friday.
Dr. Yolanda Oliveros, director of the National Center for Disease Prevention and Control, said 18 of 30 samples tested positive for salmonella, a microorganism that grows on contaminated food.
Source: Inquirer
