One of the food caterers said it has been providing food to ByteDance for a month.
Around 60 people fell ill after a major food poisoning incident at the office of TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, on July 30.Around 60 people fell ill on July 30. One of the caterers said its food was not responsible for the incident, but it was cooperating with agencies to find out what had happened.It had prepared food for ByteDance staff.
On July 31, a Putien spokesperson told The Straits Times: “We understand that those affected with food poisoning symptoms did not consume the food catered by us.Mr Tommy Lu, chief executive of Yun Nans, told ST that its outlet at Northpoint City has been providing catered food to ByteDance for a month.
On July 31, a ByteDance employee told ST that his colleague recounted the incident as “chaotic”, with several employees with food poisoning vomiting into dustbins when they could not make it to the toilet in time.A cleaner, who was part of the cleanup crew, told ST that all the toilet cubicles and sinks the cleaner had been assigned to were dirty.
The worst food poisoning incident here was in April 2009 when two people died and more than 150 people fell ill after eating contaminated Indian rojak at the temporary Geylang Serai Market. More than 40 people were hospitalised, and one woman suffered a miscarriage.Bacteria usually present in human faeces and human skin, and traces of salmonella commonly associated with food poisoning, were found on the chopping board and refrigerator used to cut and store food.
Dr Benjamin Yip, consultant gastroenterologist and medical director of Alpha Digestive and Liver Centre, said bacterial toxins can attack the digestive tract very quickly.
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