Malaysia

  • Pat's Schoolhouse won’t be buying from Mum's Kitchen; Malaysian caterer fired, 346 kids 7 teachers had food poisoning

    Posted: May 15th, 2011 - 8:21pm by Doug Powell

    A total of 346 children as well as seven teachers from Pat's Schoolhouse centers have now been reported to have fallen ill with food poisoning, up from the 218 previously reported (right, photo from Asia One).

    The incident occurred on Tuesday and the affected were from eight out of the chain's 14 centres, reported the Straits Times.

    Pat's Schoolhouse has also terminated the services of the caterer, Mum's Kitchen.

    In a statement to the media yesterday, the chain said: 'Since May 12, all the meals for Pat's Schoolhouse centres have been prepared by their in-house cooks.
     

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    cater, food safety, Illness, Malaysia, School
  • Malaysia on alert over E. coli in 'Wang Wang' rice crackers

    Posted: August 5th, 2010 - 2:07pm by Doug Powell

    The Malaysian health ministry is stepping up scrutiny on the imported 'Wang Wang' rice crackers and collecting its samples for laboratory tests, following a report that coliform and Escherichia coli bacteria were detected in the product in China.

    The minister, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, said Malaysia imported 334,460 boxes of the product this year but was unsure how many were still in the market or whether they were contaminated.

    As a precaution, he said the product was placed at Level 5 of the Food Safety Information of Malaysia (Fosim), where the product would be analysed before release into the market.
     

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    Cracker, e. coli, Malaysia, Rice, wang
  • Malaysian cooks blamed for cholera outbreak

    Posted: December 15th, 2009 - 10:39am by Doug Powell

    Non-compliance with personal hygiene by cooks, food handlers and the public is the main cause of the recent cholera outbreak in Terengganu, Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said yesterday.

    "We took a number of samples from cholera-contaminated food premises, ice manufacturing factories, factories that produce keropok lekor and wet markets. We found that the drinking water at these outlets was not contaminated, showing that the spread was from the people infected with the disease. … We need public cooperation, especially from those who prepare and handle food. They must adhere to personal hygiene."

    The disease broke out in October and affected 188 people. One of them died.
     

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    Cholera, Cooks, Malaysia