The Canberra Times reports several cases of food poisoning have been possibly linked to a stall at the Enlighten Night Noodle Markets, ACT Health says.

The market-goers became ill with diarrhea about 10 to 13 hours after eating food from a stall at the festival, but ACT Health Protection Service was confident there was no ongoing risk to public health from food sold at the stall as the outbreak has been controlled.

Environmental Health Officers inspected the premises that supplied food for the stall on Friday and found potentially hazardous food out of temperature control which was disposed of.

The stall will not be able to sell the implicated food for the remainder of the markets.

Fairfax Events’ head of food James Laing said organisers had notified ACT Health after they were contacted by three people who said they’d become ill after eating at one of the stalls.

“[Inspectors] went to the restaurant of the stallholder, had a look and checked the refrigeration on site and there were no concerns, but to be ultra cautious they took the product and destroyed it and did some tests,” he said.

“We take the issue of food safety incredibly seriously and work closely with the relevant health authorities to ensure that patrons can come to the markets confident that the highest standards are being adhered to.”

Mr Laing said it would remain unclear if the food poisoning was caused by the stall until the test results come back next Tuesday, adding, “The menu item in question we removed tonight, the stall is still trading, but they’ve got a clean bill of health.”

All stalls at the markets were inspected on Friday.