LETTER: MALAYSIA: Too many cases of food poisoning in schools - (The Star)
February 2, 2008 – 5:12 pmS.M. Mohamed Idris, President, Consumers Association of Penang, writes that 33 students from SK Taman Seremban Jaya, Negri Sembilan were down with diarrhoea and vomiting reportedly after consuming nasi lemak from the canteen.
Thirty-five students from SK Taman Aman, Alor Star had stomachache, vomiting and headache reportedly after consuming ice cream with bread sold in the school canteen.
Thirty-five students of SK Charok Kudong, Pendang, in Alor Star, were also reported to have suffered the ill-effects of food poisoning.
Seventeen pupils from SK Gong Nangka were rushed to the Marang Health Clinic with vomiting and stomach pain reportedly after eating some keropok lekor from the school canteen.
And this was just over the last two days.
The Consumers Association of Penang calls on the Health Ministry and the Education Ministry to urgently investigate the main sources of these frequent food poisoning cases in schools and inform the public.
If necessary, schoolchildren from the schools or the […]
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