Deadly Bongkrekic acid found in samples from restaurant in food poisoning cluster｜Taiwan News
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- More results have emerged from the investigations on a restaurant food poisoning cluster in Taipei that has already left two diners dead. Four environmental samples collected at the restaurant have yielded positive for Bongkrekic acid. That’s the same toxin that has been found in all the diners who fell sick after eating at the Xinyi branch. One of the environmental samples that tested positive was collected from the hands of a chef at the restaurant. Let’s hear from the Taipei city government.
Chiang Wan-an
Taipei mayor
NTU’s Department of Forensic Medicine has found positive reactions in the samples collected from two knives, one chopping board and the hands of a chef.
Weng Te-i
NTU Department of Forensic Medicine
After raising the sensitivity of the test, we found Bongkrekic acid in four samples, including one taken from the hands of a chef. So we can confirm that Bongkrekic acid was indeed present at Polam Kopitiam’s Xinyi branch.
Twenty-nine victims have been linked to the cluster, including two who died. Five patients remain in severe condition. Though the health of one of them has gradually improved, doctors are not optimistic about the other four, saying that two of them may need a liver transplant. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an says the city will cover all medical costs.
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This is the first time I've heard about Bongkrekic acid. This is very rare case of food poisoning.
Not from food sample but chef's hands? 😱
Very similar to the one that happened to a few small towns in Malaysia in the 1980s. Many died after eating lou si fun. The cause was found to be boric acid found in the noodles. The source was found to be in the manufacturing, storing and distributing issues.
Chef hands? But it's been so many days so does it mean the chef hasn't wash his hands since?
He got it from touching the noodles
no, they retested the samples, but with higher sensitivity, as mentioned in the video. so the toxin is there but very faint trace due to cleanup or whatever.
Taiwanese efficiency is very good. And even covering the cost of medical.
The report should also say where this acid is normally used, and if it’s not a food related item, then this is foul play, meaning it was a malicious act to cause harm.
It ISN’T normally used, anywhere. It’s produced by something that can develop on the food. It’s named after the coconut-based tempeh called tempeh bongkrek.
Is this murder?
What was the source of this poison? It didn't say.
bongkrekik acid is formed from stale starchy food like rice and noodles
@@dodonggoldblum2085 Thanks.
@dodonggoldblum2085 mostly from coconut and fermented corn. Fermented corn and coconuts wet rice noodles and other types of pasta can get something similar but it's not conclusive just don't eat something very old itll create such thing. In the case of old rice and pasta it creates something similar but not bongrekic acid
I only know bongkrekic in tempeh..
only in coconut fermented tempeh which is not so common - and yeah there were fatal toxin cases related to it.
most tempeh now is soybean based, pretty safe to eat. but of course buy from good places.