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Supplier to end classroom lunch portioning at Sha Tin school after 39 fall ill

A lunch supplier will stop portioning meals in classrooms at a Hong Kong primary school following a suspected food poisoning outbreak that hit 39 pupils and staff members last week. "To ensure student food safety and avoid potential cross-contamination or...

Supplier to end classroom lunch portioning at Sha Tin school after 39 fall ill

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A lunch supplier will stop portioning meals in classrooms at a Hong Kong primary school following a suspected food poisoning outbreak that hit 39 pupils and staff members last week.

"To ensure student food safety and avoid potential cross-contamination or...

Danny Catering Service said in a statement on Sunday to its school partners, parents and teachers that the incident was "isolated" and linked to the school's portioning arrangement, and did not affect its...

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A lunch supplier will stop portioning meals in classrooms at a Hong Kong primary school following a suspected food poisoning outbreak that hit 39 pupils and staff members last week. "To ensure student food safety and avoid potential cross-contamination or... Danny Catering Service said in a statement on Sunday to its school partners, parents and teachers that the incident was "isolated" and linked to the school's portioning arrangement, and did not affect its services at other locations.

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Danny Catering Service said in a statement on Sunday to its school partners, parents and teachers that the incident was "isolated" and linked to the school's portioning arrangement, and did not affect its services at other locations.

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