School cafeteria temporarily closed.

Accordingly, the Food Safety Department received information regarding a suspected food poisoning incident at Le Quy Don High School, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, in which 5 students showed symptoms of abdominal pain and vomiting after eating lunch at the school canteen.

Given the situation, the Food Safety Department requests the Ho Chi Minh City Food Safety Department to urgently suspend the operation of the school canteen where food poisoning is suspected to have occurred.

Le Quy Don High School, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City.

In addition, the Ho Chi Minh City Food Safety Department is conducting investigations and tracing the origin of food to clearly identify the source of raw materials and food supplied to the processing facility suspected of causing the poisoning; and collecting food and biological samples for testing to determine the cause.

On the other hand, the Ho Chi Minh City Food Safety Department detects and strictly handles any violations of food safety regulations (if any) and publicly announces the results to promptly warn the community.

In addition, the unit is strengthening propaganda and guidance for collective kitchens and food service establishments to ensure hygiene and food safety conditions, strictly implementing the management of food ingredient origins, three-step food inspection, food sample retention, and hygiene in all processing stages.

Furthermore, the Food Safety Department requests that all units strictly implement the contents of Official Letter No. 2487/BYT-ATTP dated May 11, 2024 and Official Letter No. 3113/BYT-ATTP dated June 7, 2024 of the Ministry of Health on preventing and handling food poisoning and strengthening food poisoning prevention and control efforts.

Source: https://kinhtedothi.vn/vu-hoc-sinh-tp-ho-chi-minh-nghi-ngo-doc-tam-dung-cang-tin-truong-hoc.html