124 food-poisoning victims ate Takizawa Ham's beef products.TOKYO, April 10 Kyodo The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Tuesday that 124 people reporting symptoms of 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 in a recent outbreak linked to beef products made at a factory of Takizawa Ham Co. in Tochigi Prefecture have confirmed they consumed the products. The ministry said the 124 are among 229 people who reported to local governments coming down with food poisoning between March 1 and 5 p.m. Tuesday. The local governments are Yamagata, Ibaraki, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa prefectural pre·fec·ture n. 1. The district administered or governed by a prefect. 2. The office or authority of a prefect. 3. The residence or housing of a prefect. governments, the Tokyo metropolitan government, and the municipal governments of Chiba and Yokohama. Roast beef and raw beef products made by Takizawa Ham factory have been found to be contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. with the O-157 strain of E. coli E. coli: see Escherichia coli. E. coli in full Escherichia coli Species of bacterium that inhabits the stomach and intestines. E. coli can be transmitted by water, milk, food, or flies and other insects. bacteria. The Tochigi prefectural government ordered the factory to suspend operations on April 3 following the food-poisoning outbreak. |
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