Food poisoning downs 32 people in Palawan

[Terpe]

At least 32 people were downed by food poisoning after eating suman (rice cake) in Puerto Princesa City in Palawan, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said Wednesday.

In its 8 a.m. report, the NDRRMC indicated many of the 32 included employees of the Palawan Provincial Capitol in Puerto Princesa City.

"Employees of the Palawan Provincial Capitol complained of nausea, dizziness, vomiting and abdominal pain after eating suman sold in the Capitol; 32 persons were affected due to the incident," it said.

A list of the affected people included:


Daisy Tubi, 32
Rosita Garcia, 55
Nelia Sadet, 55
Sonia Alaska, 39
Melissa Rambawa, 43
Anes Castor, 54
Rosalie Baldanaza, 40
Arlene Samarita, 39
Miguela Carbronero, 53
Cecilia Melendrez, 55
Joraine Balcosantos, 39
Judith Sarol, 42
Monaliza Bacosa, 27
Maria Lampitoc, 53
Ely Laurente, 55
Malou dela Cruz, 47
Cristina Parcia, 57
Lolita Morales, 39
Florabel Bandenosa, 54
Rosalina Natulia, 54
Sonia Segonia, 43
Vanessa Ustares, 41
Aisy Gallego, 22
Laudencia Bonggat, 65
Michelle Semblante, 23
Hely Karl Villaver, 16
Nicole Semblante, 4
Wilson Capitulo, 45
Emmanuel Bonggat, 34
Nerio Semblante, 30
Wendy Basco, 21
Gabriel Basco, 3

The Office of Civil Defense is coordinating with provincial health officials to investigate the incident, and sent food samples to the Food and Drug Administration for analysis.

Health officials in the province also interviewed the victims and visited the suman vendor and inspected the working area

Source:-
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story...ple-in-palawan

[lastlid]

I wonder if it had Lye Water (lihia) in it. ?

[lastlid]

How to make this sweet...

[lastlid]

Heres an interesting document on Lye Water in Australia......

"A number of serious injuries have occurred in Australia where children have accidentally swallowed Lye Water. Lye Water is a liquid used in small amounts in some Asian and African cooking, but it can cause serious life-threatening burns if swallowed undiluted straight from the bottle. A national decision has been made that the availability of Lye Water should be restricted to minimise the risk of harm."

Obviously if one uses this stuff then it needs to be treated like items one might keep in a medicine cabinet and with due caution.

http://www.health.sa.gov.au/pehs/PDF...h-20100813.pdf

[Moy]

I wonder if it had Lye Water (lihia) in it. ?

try it and you'll know yourself
as of today im waiting if ill be food poison as ive just cook suman for out tea 24 hours more to wait i think