'Poison' scare diners return; FOOD HYGIENE: Nothing proved against us, says Wing Wah.Byline: By Steve Johnson Steve Johnson is the name of:
A LANDMARK restaurant in Oldbury has re-opened after being ordered to close in a food poisoning food poisoning, acute illness following the eating of foods contaminated by bacteria, bacterial toxins, natural poisons, or harmful chemical substances. It was once customary to classify all such illnesses as "ptomaine poisoning," but it was later discovered that scare. Wing Wah Wing Wah (Chinese:榮華) is a Hong Kong based restaurant chain and food manufacturer. The parent company of Wing Wah is Wing Wah Food Manufactory Limited (榮華食品製造業有限公司). , in Causeway Green Road, welcomed customers again yesterday after being shut as a precaution on Friday. Sandwell Council's cabinet member for neighbourhoods and housing, Coun Mahboob Hussain, said: "Wing Wah Restaurant and Wine Bar has been given permission to reopen after carrying out measures requested by our environmental health officers. "The decision followed a meeting on Monday between Environmental Health, the Health Protection Unit and the Sandwell Primary Care Trust. "The restaurant was closed as a precaution and the owners have been thoroughly co-operative throughout. "Investigations into the salmonella outbreak are ongoing. Half a dozen customers said they came down with sickness, diarrhoea and stomach cramps last week after eating at the Chinese restaurant See:
They contacted Sandwell Council on Friday and samples were taken from diners who had symptoms. Dorian Chan, vice-chairman of the Wing Wah, is away in Hong Kong and is not due back in the country until Friday. She stressed today that nothing had been proved against the popular restaurant, which was set up seven years ago at the former Hen and Chickens pub. CAPTION(S): OPEN AGAIN...Wing Wah, in Oldbury. |
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