Hailicheng porcini suspected to cause food poisoning revealed that the supplier of inedible mushrooms had sold it in bulk and must be removed from the shelves

The Centre for Food Safety of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department stated that it received a notification earlier of a suspected case of food poisoning caused by eating mushrooms, and dispatched staff to the restaurant involved to investigate and found that the porcini mushrooms were adulterated with inedible mushroom species .

The center's preliminary investigation showed that all the products involved were distributed to the supplier "Guangchang Seafood" and sold in bulk. The center instructed the supplier to stop selling and remove the affected products from the shelves, and called on the public to stop eating them immediately.

Boletus.

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A spokesman for the center said that they dispatched staff Wong Tai Sin to investigate the restaurant involved and take samples for testing. After the samples were evaluated by fungal experts, it was found that the porcini mushrooms were adulterated with some inedible mushroom species.

Preliminary investigations showed that all the products involved were distributed to the supplier "Guangchang Seafood" after being imported and sold in bulk.

The Centre has instructed the supplier to stop selling and remove the affected products from the shelves, and recall all porcini mushrooms sold since May 31 this year.

The center pointed out that mushroom poisoning is generally acute, and the severity depends on the variety and quantity of mushrooms eaten, and eaters will also experience various symptoms.

The incubation period of mushroom poisoning is generally short, and the eater will experience intestinal symptoms, the most common being nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

Other distinguishing signs sometimes occur, including extreme thirst, profuse sweating, hallucinations, coma, and other neurological symptoms.

The Centre for Health Protection said that five people ate porcini mushrooms together at the restaurant "Hai Leng City" in Lok Fu Plaza in Wong Tai Sin earlier, and were suspected of causing food poisoning after eating porcini mushrooms.

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According to the data, the Centre for Health Protection stated on July 19 that five people ate boletus at the "Ocean Fresh Restaurant" in Lok Fu Plaza, Wong Tai Sin, and developed abdominal pain, diarrhea and dizziness in the early hours of the morning. , weakness and other symptoms, suspected to be food poisoning after eating boletus.

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