More than 350 workers of Korean company suffer from food poisoning

More than 350 workers at a South Korean plant in the northern Vietnamese province of Vinh Phuc suffered from food poisoning symptoms after eating lunch at the company cafeteria.

Report informs via TASS that, according to the information, the first signs of poisoning, such as abdominal pain and nausea, appeared on Tuesday immediately after lunch among five employees of the Shinwon textile company. Later, similar symptoms of food poisoning were recorded in another 351 people. All of them were taken to various medical institutions.

In total, the company employs about 3,300 Vietnamese citizens.

Law enforcement agencies in Vinh Phuc province, in cooperation with local authorities, are conducting an investigation into the incident. The provincial health department collected food samples from the factory canteen to determine the cause of the mass poisoning.