2024-04-02 06:11:15
Explanation of the North City Government’s 4/2 press conference on the Baolin Tea Room Poisoning Case
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In the Baolin Tea House food poisoning case, Taipei City fined NT$1 million on the 1st for all four Baolin branches whose insurance had expired. Mayor Chiang Wanan said that relevant trends showed that the case was related to the same type of food during a specific period and there was no need to panic. The Taipei City Government held a press conference at 10 a.m. this morning. Jiang Wanan explained at the press conference that the Baolin Tea House in Xinyi District was inspected on March 24, and the environmental and biological traces collected included two knives, a chopping board, and staff Biometric evidence on the hand, and the Institute of Forensic Medicine of National Taiwan University was asked to assist with relevant examinations. Last night, the Forensic Medicine Institute of National Taiwan University reported that the relevant evidence showed positive for zymomycin, and the test results will be sent to the prosecutor. “You can’t run away from Paulin’s responsibility.”
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In a joint interview in the followingnoon, Weng Deyi, director of the National Taiwan University Forensic Medicine Institute, pointed out that the Taipei City Health Bureau used swabs to scrape four specimens, including a chef’s hand, a chopping board, a kitchen knife, and a fruit knife. The Forensic Medicine Institute tested the culture fluid in which the specimens were soaked and confirmed that Rice fermentation acid once appeared in Baolin Tea Room Xinyi A13 store. Weng Deyi said that among the four samples, only the chef’s hands were found, but it is currently unknown what ingredients the chef’s hands used to contain rice fermentation acid.
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan said at a press conference on the progress of the Baolin case held by the city government on the 2nd that the samples sent to the Forensic Institute of National Taiwan University were found to contain oryzazoic acid, and Baolin cannot be held responsible. (Central News Agency)
As for the source and route of rice fermentation, Jiang Wanan said that the details are still under active investigation. The police are currently reconstructing the scene through surveillance footage, and the central government is also making every effort to cultivate the toxin and try to determine the source from various production conditions.
Director of Legal Affairs Lien Tong-kai added that following Baolin’s environmental and hand examinations showed positive results for fermented yeast, it can be determined that the case was a food poisoning incident that occurred in Baolin Tea Room, and then the claims process will be discussed with the insurance company. , and assist in obtaining relevant information from the Health Bureau and laboratories.
In addition, Wang Bisheng, deputy director of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, judged that the cause of the poisoning should be the used up previous batch of kway teow. Director of Health Chen Yanyuan expressed his agreement. Chen Yanyuan said that because all the cases have in common is eating kway teow, the kuey teow is the most harmful. There may be doubts, “There is no doubt in the judgment.”
Chen Yanyuan also revealed that the hand samples collected tested positive for toxins.
Social Affairs Bureau Secretary Yao Shuwen pointed out that in the process of caring for the family, the family members reported that the “liver washing” part involves huge medical expenses, and the health insurance currently does not cover it. The Social Affairs Bureau promised to find ways to cover it.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced statistics on the evening of the 1st that a total of 29 food poisoning cases were reported at Baolin Tea House in Xinyi District, of which 2 people died, 5 people were admitted to the intensive care unit, 2 people were admitted to the general ward, and 20 people returned home to recuperate. A total of 14 people with mild cases in the Xinyi store tested positive for rice fermentation acid.
(Editor-in-Chief: Zhuang Qianyu)
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