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100 hospitalized after food poisoning outbreak at UK Chinese restaurant where rotting meat left in sink

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One hundred diners were hospitalized with food poisoning at a filthy Chinese restaurant in July 2014.

ral.china.uk.salmScores of sick customers who had eaten at the Real China had to be rushed to A&E following an outbreak of Salmonella.

Southampton Magistrates’ Court heard shocked inspectors found hunks of raw meat left in a sink and dirty tea towels dumped on the kitchen floor of the restaurant in Eastleigh, Hampshire.

Now those involved with the restaurant at the time have been hit with £70,000 in fines and costs, after what was reportedly the biggest food poisoning outbreak the borough council has ever seen.

Akkora Management, who run the restaurant, and director Zudong Liu admitted 15 offences of failing to comply with EU laws relating to food safety and hygiene.

The company was given a fine of £30,000, Liu a further £21,500 and £22,000 in costs was also ordered, the Daily Echo reports.

The Real China is now under new management.

26 sick; Real China Salmonella victims take legal action in UK

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Victims of a recent Salmonella outbreak which has been linked to a Chinese restaurant in Hampshire “want answers”.

salm.george-williams_23-232x300A total of 26 people who were affected by the illness, many of whom ate at the Real China restaurant in Eastleigh, are taking legal action.

The restaurant closed voluntarily for a week on 24 July.

A spokesman for Real China said a full inspection had been done and there was no obvious source of the outbreak.

As precautionary measures restaurant staff have been retrained in cleaning procedures and they will use only British eggs rather than a mix of Spanish and British eggs.

Almost 250 people in the UK were affected and Public Health England is investigating.

It is thought the outbreak originated from a single egg source and people in Europe have also been affected.