Chef’s stool sample test positive for a toxin in food poisoning cluster case｜Taiwan News
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- As investigations into a Taipei food poisoning cluster continue, a chef has been found to have traces of the toxin Bongkrekic acid in his stool. Investigators say the toxin may have entered the chef’s body during the cooking process, but the chef did not become ill, and has no traces of the toxin in his blood. Meanwhile, the last person to become ill after eating at the restaurant associated with the cluster is also the first to test negative for the toxin. The female patron said she had symptoms of diarrhea and nausea after eating fried noodles at the restaurant.
In the latest update in a cluster of food poisonings at chain restaurant Polam Kopitiam’s Xinyi branch, Bongkrekic acid was found in a sample of a chef’s stool. Previous samples taken from the hands of the substitute chef, surnamed Hu, also showed traces of the toxin. Investigators on Sunday said Hu is now the key defendant in the case, which resulted in two deaths, and the hospitalization of seven others.
Voice of Victor Wang
Deputy health minister
We were also concerned about the chef’s physical condition, but blood results came back with normal values. We didn’t find Bongkrekic acid in his blood or urine. It’s possible that he consumed it, and the concentration was very low. So it didn’t have an impact on his body, and was subsequently metabolized.
However, environmental tests at the restaurant and at the chef’s home came out negative for any traces of the toxin. Commenting on the situation, one doctor said it could be a rare case where an individual carries a pathogen without being affected by it.
Chiang Kuan-yu
Internal medicine doctor
In such a case, there is a balance between the host’s immune system and the toxin produced by the pathogen, and it does not cause any symptoms to the host. This would not necessarily be the case with the immune systems of others.
The doctor also cited past studies, saying that it is very difficult to completely wash off traces of Bongkrekic acid, and that doing so effectively would require repeated application of complex chemical solutions. Meanwhile, a 39-year-old woman who got sick after eating fried noodles at the restaurant has been added to the list of those affected in the case. The woman developed diarrhea, nausea and general fatigue, but tested negative for traces of Bongkrekic acid. In total, among the 34 people reported in the case, 32 have tested positive for the toxin. Four individuals linked to the case are still in the intensive care unit.
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Before jumping to conclusions, the current findings only show that he came in contact and consumed the contaminated noodles, but did not get sick. The news seems to put blame on him. It would be good to know how the noodles were stored, maybe a box was left out for a long period of time.
I don’t understand you. If he left food out, he is guilty
He's the chef, he's responsible (directly or indirectly) on the food he served.
I think a safe working theory is that he cooked contaminated or spoilt ingredients - poor food storage, and he consumed traces amounts - probably taste testing, not enough to get sick but will show trace amounts in stool sample. But yes wait for conclusive final report.
don't normally comment on videos, but I'm glad you been posting more
normally i will avoid raw food or ice because scare food poisoning . prefer food that is cooked but this one, never came across my mind will cause food poisoning. scary
Aren’t stool tests in Japan for restaurant workers as common as TB tests over here?
Hold on here, what is the source of bongkrek acid again? Noodles? No way,.bongkrek acid, is acid which resulted from fermentation..what kins of noodles they are using in thay resto? Because normally noodle are dry...
That's why I'm confused too. Maybe they were wet noodles that were shipped improperly without refrigeration?
Conflicting traces. No solution for inaccuracy of testing...the results.
Is this the case of sick chef spread disease or expired food or spoilt food?
Not the first one. The acid gets created by improperly stored food.
Well whaddya know--the chef ate his own cooking! That's a rarity in the food services industry.
4Z infiltrators?
Unhappy 1L, we avoid eating in 4Z faction members or collaborators, sympathisers.
Taipei is home to Wai San Ren, 外生人. (About 40% of Taiwan citizens are mainland origin or hybrids mainly from Guangdong, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Beijing, Shanxi, Wuhan KMT-NRA soldiers. They have to defeat Imperial Japanese compradors defending revenue merchants guilds.)
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Ewh!
Why?😅
0:36 It's fried rice noodles or fried flat rice noodles.