A restaurant in a New Taipei City shopping center was on Monday ordered to suspend operations after two suspected food poisoning cases were reported last week, the city’s Department of Health said.
Two people who dined at Hung Wu Curry in Sijhih District’s (汐止) iFG Farglory Square food court on Tuesday last week later vomited and had diarrhea, the department said.
It said it received separate reports from the Taipei Department of Health and Cathay General Hospital’s Sijhih branch on Wednesday and Saturday last week respectively that eight people had fallen ill from suspected food poisoning after eating at the restaurant on Monday last week.
Photo courtesy of the New Taipei City Department of Health via CNA
They mostly ate curry rice or omurice, a dish consisting of fried rice wrapped in an omelet, and diarrhea was their main symptom, the New Taipei City department said.
Two people are still in hospital with persistent diarrhea, it said.
Hung Wu Curry would only be allowed to resume operations after improvements are made, and samples of ingredients and other items have been taken for testing to determine whether food poisoning was the cause, it said.
If food poisoning is confirmed, the operator could be investigated on suspicion of contravening the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation (食品安全衛生管理法), it said.
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