Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Three Ottawa children in hospital with salmonella


 
Salmonella has sickened 16 Ottawa children, putting three of them in hospital, and public health officials have zeroed in on one type of meal served at schools and daycare centres.

The sickened children are between ages 15 months and 14 years.

They all ate food prepared at one of three The Lunch Lady locations, but public health inspections of that facility have turned up no infractions or deficiencies in food handling and preparation.

The health unit is not identifying the specific type of meal in question because officials said they don’t want to alarm parents.

But that means parents can't take any action to protect their children. Just trust the bureaucrats to do the right things, folks!

My heart goes out to those three children in hospital. I hope they fully recover.