Prima Deli cakes!

Couldn't imagine wat i heard over the news was true..Prima Deli chocolate cake etc is contaminated & had causes 100++ ppl to be sick....wa..imagine,they have those Barney character cakes etc..if it was kids tat are down,how terrible it is....

In Singapore,our government is very strict on cleanliness etc...esp on food production & such thing could still happen...
Recently there are soo many reports on food kana contaminated...first was the luncheon meat that most of us loved & had eaten for dunno how many years...also Reiko fave...but now also kana banned from Singapore...Is it our lifestyle nowadays are tooo clean tat it make our tummy & digestive system very sensitive to even a small amount of dirt...dun remember having soo much problem with food etc or soo many diff types of illness in my granny's or mummy's days.....

Haiz...Just couldn't imagine wat life will be when my 2 Rs grew up....will they be expose to even more types of problems??more dangerous kind of illness....I just couldn't put my brain to think....

Below is wat I have copy from Yahoo News on Prima Deli...



SINGAPORE: If you’ve bought chocolate cakes from bakery chain Prima Deli, you should throw them away.

The advice comes from the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Agri—Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA).

The two agencies say these cakes likely contain a bacteria called Salmonella Enteriditis, which has caused some people to get food poisoning.
Salmonella is a group of bacteria that can cause symptoms such as fever, watery diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

106 people have so far reported getting food poisoning after eating the cakes.
Six had to be hospitalised but have since been discharged. They tested positive for Salmonella Enteritidis.

The onset of illness for the last case was on 26 November. The effects are felt usually six to 72 hours after eating contaminated food.

The MOH was first notified of a food poisoning incident on 23 November.
As more cases of food poisoning were reported, investigations showed that the common food item in the various incidents were Prima Deli chocolate cakes bought as early as 19 November.
MOH and AVA conducted joint inspections of Prima Food Pte Ltd which produces the chocolate cakes for all Prima Deli retail outlets.

Food and environmental samples were taken for laboratory analysis.
Preliminary results suggest Salmonella is the likely culprit.
Prima Food has been told to stop the production of all chocolate cakes and to recall all these cakes from distribution and sale.

Meanwhile, food handlers are being screened and investigations going on to determine the source of the contamination.

MOH says that illnesses from Salmonella poisoning usually last four to seven days and most patients recover with no long—term health effects. Severe cases may require hospitalisation for re—hydration and/or antibiotic treatment.

Anyone with symptoms after consuming these cakes should seek immediate medical attention.
For any enquiries, you can contact MOH at 1800—2254122 or AVA at 1800—2262250.
For further information on salmonellosis, you can visit MOH website at www.moh.gov.sg.