Biological Hazards - Food Safety
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| Today | Biological Hazard | China | Province of Zhejiang, Cixi [Yucai Middle School ] |  |
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Biological Hazard in China on Saturday, 22 December, 2012 at 04:47 (04:47 AM) UTC.
| Description | |
| Fifty-eight middle school students were hospitalized over possible food poisoning in east China’s Zhejiang Province on Tuesday, local authorities confirmed Friday. All 58 victims from Yucai Middle School in the city of Cixi have been discharged from hospital and returned to school, according to the Cixi municipal government. After eating chicken provided by the school cafeteria, many students showed symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea and were sent to a local hospital, according to microblog posts. Local authorities are still investigating the incident. The city has launched a special inspection of school cafeterias to guarantee food safety. | |
| Biohazard name: | Mass. Food poisoning |
| Biohazard level: | 2/4 Medium |
| Biohazard desc.: | Bacteria and viruses that cause only mild disease to humans, or are difficult to contract via aerosol in a lab setting, such as hepatitis A, B, and C, influenza A, Lyme disease, salmonella, mumps, measles, scrapie, dengue fever, and HIV. “Routine diagnostic work with clinical specimens can be done safely at Biosafety Level 2, using Biosafety Level 2 practices and procedures. Research work (including co-cultivation, virus replication studies, or manipulations involving concentrated virus) can be done in a BSL-2 (P2) facility, using BSL-3 practices and procedures. Virus production activities, including virus concentrations, require a BSL-3 (P3) facility and use of BSL-3 practices and procedures”, see Recommended Biosafety Levels for Infectious Agents. |
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| Status: | confirmed |
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