Nearly 200 affected by salmonella in a school in Spain

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Nearly 200 people, mostly children 2-to-17-years-old, have suffered food poisoning from a salmonellosis outbreak in a school in San Bartolome de Tirajana (Gran Canaria).

pasta.saladThe outbreak at the private education center was apparently traced to Salmonella Enteritidis on a pasta salad that served as lunch.

The CEO of Public Health of the Canary Government, José Díaz Flores, said  the analysis of their department does not attribute the salmonella outbreak to products with which the dish is prepared, made with salsa and eggs, but hygienic conditions inadequate sanitary by the manipulator.

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