147 food-poisoning victims consumed Takizawa Ham products.TOKYO, April 12 Kyodo The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry on Thursday said 147 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 147 are among 263 people who reported to seven 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 by Thursday. The figure represents an increase of 15 from the number of food-poisoning victims who had confirmed eating Takizawa Ham products as of Wednesday. 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 ministry said 108 of the 147 who have reported eating Takizawa Ham products developed symptoms of food poisoning, such as diarrhea, on or before April 5. ''As no report of food poisoning related to the bacteria has been made since Friday last week, the epidemic seems to have calmed down,'' the ministry said. The prefectural governments include Yamagata, Ibaraki, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and Tokyo. The Tochigi prefectural government ordered the factory to suspend operations April 3 following the food-poisoning outbreak. |
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