Food Safety Report – Biological Hazards
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| Today | Biological Hazard | Sweden | Norrbotten, Lulea |  |
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Biological Hazard in Sweden on Thursday, 20 December, 2012 at 13:33 (01:33 PM) UTC.
| Description | |
| Christmas dinner was spoiled at a restaurant in Sweden’s far north after suspected food poisoning left over 70 diners doubled over with illness. The Christmas buffet on the BBB ferry in Lulea made 75 people from five different companies sick in the past week, according to the local Norrbottens Kuriren newspaper. This equates to one in three diners since last Tuesday. “This is clearly food poisoning, I can say this much without even seeing the results from our tests,” said Anders Osterlund, an infectious disease doctor in Norbotten, to the paper. Diners complained of stomach illness and fever. “This is the worst thing that can happen at a restaurant, that guests get food poisoning. What’s happened is strange because we are very careful, all leftovers are thrown away,” said Johan Isaksson who works at the restaurant. “And we have rigorous rules when it comes to personal hygiene.” According to the paper, the same food was served at another restaurant but no one reported falling ill. After an investigation by authorities, the restaurant has stopped serving their Christmas buffet. | |
| Biohazard name: | Mass. Food poisoning |
| Biohazard level: | 1/4 Low |
| Biohazard desc.: | Bacteria and viruses including Bacillus subtilis, canine hepatitis, Escherichia coli, varicella (chicken pox), as well as some cell cultures and non-infectious bacteria. At this level precautions against the biohazardous materials in question are minimal, most likely involving gloves and some sort of facial protection. Usually, contaminated materials are left in open (but separately indicated) waste receptacles. Decontamination procedures for this level are similar in most respects to modern precautions against everyday viruses (i.e.: washing one’s hands with anti-bacterial soap, washing all exposed surfaces of the lab with disinfectants, etc). In a lab environment, all materials used for cell and/or bacteria cultures are decontaminated via autoclave. |
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| Status: | confirmed |
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