State lab confirms chicken à la crème was behind wedding mass food poisoning

State lab confirms chicken à la crème was behind wedding mass food poisoning

The state laboratory on Sunday confirmed that an incident which saw more than 70 people develop symptoms of food poisoning and 21 people hospitalised was caused by salmonella bacteria found in a batch of chicken à la crème, as well as bacillus cereus bacteria found in rice with vermicelli and penne with mushrooms. Public health service director Herodotos Herodotou told the Cyprus News Agency that a total of nine samples were taken from the food …

State chemist reassures public after Limassol wedding food poisoning case

Food poisoning cases at mass catering events in Cyprus remain rare despite the recent serious incident at a wedding reception in Limassol, senior state chemist Christos Kourtis said. Kourtis, head of the Food Microbiology Laboratory at the State General Laboratory, told philenews that hundreds of receptions are held every year, while poisoning incidents are counted “on the fingers of one hand”. He said the latest Limassol case was serious, with …

Bacteria Found in Wedding Food After Mass Poisoning in Limassol

Tests by the State Laboratory confirmed the presence of bacteria in food samples taken by Health Services after a mass food poisoning at a wedding reception in Limassol a week ago. Health Services director Herodotos Herodotou said that salmonella was found in cooked chicken with cream sauce, and bacillus bacteria were detected in rice with vermicelli and in pasta with mushrooms. He said nine food samples were taken in total and that results from…