By Allison
Lopez, Amy R. Remo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:20:00 09/26/2008
Source of Article: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080926-162979/Egg-sandwiches-could-have-caused-food-poisoning
MANILA,
Dr. Eric Tayag,
chief of the Department of Health’s
Tayag said salmonella enteritidis
was found in stools of the children who had diarrhea and threw up some 12 hours
after eating canteen food.
“Salmonella is usually found in
contaminated eggs, and the canteen served scrambled egg sandwiches,” Tayag said in a text message to Inquirer. But he stressed
the investigation was not yet over.
The children were confined at the Jose
Reyes Memorial Medical Center and the San Lazaro
Hospital a day or two after eating egg sandwiches, hotdogs and mais con yelo (corn kernels in
milk) prepared by their canteen on Friday.
School principal Trinidad Galang said only two students remained in the hospital.
Dr. Yolanda Oliveros,
director of the
Galang welcomed the DOH investigation that is
looking into the school’s supplies of eggs, ice and bread.
“They also got water samples from our
faucets twice. It was explained to me that salmonella could be present in food
and water,” she told the Inquirer.
Galang said their canteen, which would remain
closed until the DOH has completed its investigation, followed sanitary
requirements, adding that she personally monitored its operations that day.
Some of the students treated for amoebiasis and gastroenteritis, she said, already had
“heavy bacteria” contamination, indicating that the infection could have been
caused by food or water from their own homes.
The DOH obtained water samples from
areas near Canal de la Reina Regente, where Galang said some pupils lived.
She added the incident should serve as a
reminder to everyone, especially parents, to be careful in handling food and
beverage.
Meanwhile, Maynilad
Water Services Inc. said Thursday it was cleared by the DOH in the food
poisoning incident.
The company said laboratory tests
conducted by its central laboratory and the
It added that the water was also found to
have “residual chlorine well above the 1.00 mg/liter standard for drinking
water.”
Maynilad said it regularly conducted sampling of
its water in over 800 points to make sure its water was safe and clean.
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