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THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1991

PUBLIC REMINDED TO WASH VEGETABLES THOROUGHLY

(THURSDAY) REMINDED TO WASH

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE TODAY AND BLANCH VEGETABLES THOROUGHLY BEFORE COOKING.

THE APPEAL

WAS

MADE

BY

THROUGH

HEALTH ISOLATED THE

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF (HYGIENE), DR M.B. ALI, FOLLOWING THE DETECTION OF FRESH AND

OVER THE CASES OF VEGETABLE-POISONING DEPARTMENT'S SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MAINTAINS A

PAST

WEEK

SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR CASES AND THE

THE DETECTION AND NOTIFICATION OF VEGETABLE-POISONING APPLICATION OF PREVENTIVE AND CONTROL MEASURES.

FROM

OF 14 PEOPLE

AND WONG TAI SIN FOOD POISONING AFTER CONSUMING

THROUGH THIS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, A TOTAL FIVE FAMILIES LIVING IN NORTH POINT, SHAM SHUI PO HAVE BEEN FOUND TO HAVE SYMPTOMS OF WATER SPINACH IN THEIR MEALS.

AT THE

SAME

TIME,

LORRY-LOADS, TOTALLING 1,000

HAVE

DETECTED

TWO

INSPECTORS HEALTH

KILOGRAMS, OF WATER SPINACH IMPORTED FROM SHENZHEN WHICH HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH PESTICIDE.

BEEN SURRENDERED TO THE ALL THESE VEGETABLES HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED.

ALL THE DETECTED

CASES WERE

MILD.

DEPARTMENT

AND

ONLY EIGHT PEOPLE WERE WERE TREATED AND DISCHARGED. ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL WHILE THE OTHERS ALL THOSE ADMITTED HAVE ALSO BEEN SUBSEQUENTLY DISCHARGED.

BEEN INFORMED OF THE AUTHORITIES HAVE

RECENT THE CHINESE

FARM IMPLICATED FOR THEIR NECESSARY INCIDENTS AND THE NAME OF THE ACTION.

DR ALI STRESSED THAT THESE RECENT CASES WERE ISOLATED ONES.

"THEY WERE DETECTED AS A AND THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.

OF RESULT

OUR

SURVEILLANCE

SYSTEM

"AS A GOOD PRACTICE IN FOOD

MEMBERS HYGIENE,

OF THE PUBLIC

SHOULD ALWAYS WASH AND COOK VEGETABLES THOROUGHLY BEFORE CONSUMPTION, HE SAID.

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