Food poisoning outbreak affects 53 SIBERIAN children - (Ria Novosti)
December 24, 2007 – 10:52 pmNOVOSIBIRSK — Local officials were cited as saying that a total of 53 school children have been hospitalized following an outbreak of food poisoning in Buryatia, a republic in East Siberia.
Doctors were cited as saying the infection could have been caused by salads made from raw vegetables, which were served at the school canteen.
Meanwhile, Russia’s consumer rights regulator, Rospotrebnadzor, was cited as saying Monday that another possibility could be rodents at the warehouse where the vegetables were stored.
No pest control measures have been taken by school authorities to eliminate the rodent population.
The consumer watchdog added that the school headmaster would be held responsible for any breaches in sanitary standards.
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