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SINGAPORE: FoodTalks manufacturer and caterer is under investigation after children and teachers at a children's camp became ill after eating catered food on Monday, November 26th.
Learning Horizon, a subsidiary of the global Busy Bees chain of daycares, organized the camp.
In a joint statement Tuesday, the Ministry of Health, the National Environment Agency (NEA) and the Singapore Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority announced that they were investigating an outbreak of gastroenteritis "attributable to the consumption of food" prepared by FoodTalks.
On Tuesday, 131 people reportedly developed symptoms of gastroenteritis, the authorities said, adding that none of them had been hospitalized.
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The authorities stated that they carried out a joint inspection of the catering premises in Bedok. As part of the investigations, food handlers were sent for stool screening. Food and environmental samples were collected for testing.
The camp was immediately suspended after the incident related to food security, said Busy Bees Singapore on Tuesday in a press release.
"We are aware of a food security incident affecting some of our K2 children and teachers, who felt unwell after eating food prepared by an external caterer in a camp yesterday," said Ronald Kwong. Director of Operations and Curriculum Busy Bees.
"As soon as we learned about this, we immediately suspended the camp and reported the incident to the Ministry of Health, the NEA and the ECDA (Early Childhood Development Agency), with whom we will continue to cooperate to determine the cause. "
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Kwong added that all those affected were receiving medical care and no one should be hospitalized.
Busy Bees is also in contact with parents "to give them all the help they need," he said.
This is the third case of massive food poisoning reported in recent weeks.
On Saturday, the TungLok restoration catering group's license was suspended at Max Atria @ Singapore Expo, after 190 people became ill with symptoms of gastroenteritis.
Two weeks ago, a SATS officer, sick after eating food from the Spize restaurant chain, passed away. He was one of 81 people who became ill after eating food provided by the Spize's River Valley outlets.
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