Nghe An is looking for people who bought Minh Chay pate contaminated with bacteria
(Baonghean.vn) - Nghe An province has established a team to inspect restaurants and supermarkets selling vegetarian food, and to find people who bought the products to recall them after a series of people were poisoned by using Minh Chay pate products.
On September 9, Mr. Pham Ngoc Quy - Head of the Nghe An Food Safety and Hygiene Department said that the unit is coordinating with the Department of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Product Quality Management and the Environmental Police Department to inspect food businesses and vegetarian food businesses. This move took place after the authorities discovered that Minh Chay pate products were contaminated with bacteria, causing a series of users to be poisoned.
"The interdisciplinary team has inspected two vegetarian restaurants and a supermarket in Vinh City. At the time of inspection, these establishments did not use or sell Minh Chay pate products and other products of New Lifestyle Company Limited," said Mr. Quy.
In addition to inspection work to detect and recall unsafe products, the interdisciplinary team also combines propaganda and guidance for facilities to comply with legal regulations on food safety.food safety. Special recommendation, request not to trade, use Minh Chay pate products and food products of New Lifestyle LLC until there is a conclusion from the authorities.
In addition to checking restaurants and businesses, the interdisciplinary team is also urgently looking for people who have ordered Minh Chay pate products in Nghe An province to recall them.
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| Interdisciplinary team inspects supermarket. Photo: TH |
Regarding this issue, Nghe An Department of Health also issued a document on urgent handling of products that do not ensure food safety.
Accordingly, Nghe An Department of Health requested districts, cities and towns to urgently inform consumers not to buy or use 13 products of New Lifestyle Company Limited and notify the authorities if there are any remaining products. Localities are responsible for establishing inspection and supervision teams to recall the products of this enterprise in their areas of management.
These 13 products include:Minh Chay pate, lion's mane mushroom pate, premium Heri mushroom floss, special eight-treasure sesame salt, Heri mushroom floss with herbal flavor, wheat sausage, traditional peanut salt, wheat cinnamon sausage, eight-treasure sesame salt, wheat mushroom sausage, traditional mushroom floss, lemongrass and chili mushroom floss, fried garlic mushroom floss.
In addition, the Department of Health also recommends that medical facilities, when receiving patients with symptoms of fatigue, drooping eyelids, weakness in limbs, difficulty swallowing, paralysis, difficulty breathing, etc., need to exploit the history of using products of New Lifestyle LLC. To diagnose and treat in accordance with professional protocols.
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| Inspection team at a vegetarian restaurant in Vinh City. Photo: TH |
Previously, from July 13 to August 18, at least 9 people were hospitalized due to food poisoning in many provinces and cities. The patients had symptoms of fatigue, drooping eyelids, weak limbs, difficulty swallowing, muscle paralysis, difficulty breathing... Epidemiological investigation showed that these patients all used Minh Chay pate of New Lifestyle Company Limited. This company is headquartered in Dong Anh town, Dong Anh district, Hanoi; produces and sells online.
Test results showed that some Minh Chay pate products, from different batches, were contaminated with Clostridium botulinumtype B bacteria. This is an absolutely anaerobic, spore-forming bacteria.
Botulinum is the world's most potent toxin, and can be fatal in very small doses. The toxin is usually produced in an environment contaminated with anaerobic bacteria and at the right temperature. Casespoisoninghas occurred with processed foods and canned foods. Bacteria are destroyed if canned foods are reheated at 100 degrees Celsius.
Vietnam currently has no antivenom and must import it from abroad. Most patients are treated with ventilator support, plasma exchange, antibiotics and physical therapy.
The food safety agency requires users of the product who have signs of abnormal health, like the above patients, to immediately go to a medical facility for timely examination and monitoring./.