300 poisoned workers discharged from hospital

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A representative of Chinese Lisheng Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd., one of the above three FIEs, told VIR that the workers are in a stable condition and would return to work on Saturday, after having a paid day off.

“Lisheng has yet to supervise the quality of meals as well as the origin of food, allowing the company’s meal supplier to violate food safety regulations. Lisheng will terminate its contract with the current supplier. Leaders of the three companies will attend a working session to reach a compromise about the compensation of workers,” Lisheng’s representative added.

Regarding the investigations’ result, after inspecting Tran Anh Food - the three companies’ meal supplier, the Police Department for Environmental Crime Prevention and Control (C49) uncovered and seized 103.7 kilogrammes of frozen meat having colour change and foul smell, according to newswire Bnew.

Along with the food safety violations, the food supplier lacks a certification of safe food. C49 made a violation record and requested it to destruct the entire contaminated meat.

Previously, workers of the three FIEs, Chinese Lisheng Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd., Korean Sung Ju Vina Co., Ltd., and Chinese Xinren Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd., displayed symptoms of vomiting, stomachache, and diarrhoea after a lunch provided by the same restaurant with the same menu.

Pham Thi Tuyet, a worker of Lisheng, said that workers noticed the food had foul smell and numerous workers decided to skip the meal.

According to Phan Xuan Thuy, deputy director of Chon Thanh District Hospital, the workers displayed symptoms of food poisoning due to eating contaminated food. It is lucky that they were hospitalised promptly.