Bad puto blamed for poisoning of 133 Rizal pupils
White rice cakes popularly known as puto that has gone bad was the cause of the massive food poisoning that sent 133 students and one teacher of four public schools to the hospital in Rizal province on June 10, right on the opening of classes last week.
Dr. Thelma Santos, director of the Department of Education’s Health and
It was learned that the ricecakes had been made several hours before they were sold in the schools and eaten by the victims.
It was found that the ricecakes had not been properly packed causing them to spoil rapidly in their packs.
The 134 food poisoning victims were brought to the Eulogio “Amang”
The incident has caused the DepEd to reissue a memorandum order to all school heads directing them to ensure sanitary conditions in school canteens especially on food handling. – Rainier Allan Ronda
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