28 primary school students in Thai Binh were poisoned after a Mid-Autumn Festival party.

On the evening of September 29, responding to VTC News reporters, a representative of the Food Safety and Hygiene Department of Thai Binh province said that after eating cakes in class, 28 fourth-grade students of Tien Hai Town Primary School had symptoms of poisoning such as nausea, dizziness, and diarrhea.

According to the report of the Food Safety and Hygiene Department of Thai Binh province, at 4:00 p.m. on September 28, the unit received a report from the Tien Hai District Medical Center about food poisoning in a 4th grade class at Tien Hai Town Primary School.

Students suffering from food poisoning are being treated in hospital.

After investigation and verification, the Food Safety and Hygiene Department determined that at about 10:20 a.m. on September 28, the class organized a Mid-Autumn Festival party for 37 students.

The food used in the party included 2 salted egg sponge cakes ordered from a cake shop in An Ninh commune (Tien Hai district). Of these, 28 students ate, 9 students did not.

At about 11:20 a.m. the same day, a student appeared with symptoms of stomach ache, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever.

By 2:42 p.m., 28 students showed symptoms of food poisoning, of which 25 students had to be hospitalized at Tien Hai General Hospital, and 3 students with mild symptoms were monitored at home.

The Food Safety and Hygiene Department of Thai Binh province coordinated with the Medical Center and the Medical Office of Tien Hai district to investigate the cake production facility and collect information from students being treated at the hospital.

During the investigation, authorities collected food samples from the cake production facility and samples of poisoned students and sent them to the National Institute for Food Safety Control for testing.

According to the assessment of the Department of Food Safety and Hygiene of Thai Binh province, the food identified as the cause of poisoning was salted egg sponge cake, the cause is suspected to be microorganisms.

The Food Safety and Hygiene Department continues to coordinate with functional units to determine the cause of food poisoning, review violations of the law by establishments that cause food poisoning, and recommend handling according to regulations.

According to the Department representative, by the afternoon of September 29, the health of 25 students being treated at the hospital had basically stabilized.

Nguyen Hue

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