132 food-poisoning victims consumed Takizawa Ham products.TOKYO, April 11 Kyodo The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Wednesday that 132 people who reported 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 of Takizawa Ham Co. have confirmed they ate the products. The ministry said the 132 are among 236 people who reported to 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 that they came down with food poisoning between March 1 and Wednesday. This represented an increase from the 124 people who by Tuesday reported to have symptoms of food poisoning linked to Takizawa Ham products. The prefectural governments include Yamagata, Ibaraki, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and Tokyo. Roast beef and raw beef products made by a Takizawa Ham factory in Tochigi Prefecture Tochigi Prefecture (栃木県 Tochigi-ken 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 April 3 following the food-poisoning outbreak. |
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