ពុលបន្លែ ៩៤នាក់ នៅស្រុកកំពង់រោទ៍ ខេត្តស្វាយរៀង - 94 Poisoned after consuming imported Viet vegetable

11 June 2012
Cambodia Express News

ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋនៅស្រុកកំពង់រោទ៍ចំនួន ៩៤នាក់ បានពុលបន្លែ នៅក្នុង ពេលដែល ពួកគេទាំងនោះ នាំគ្នាចូលរួម ក្នុងពិធីឡើងផ្ទះ ប្រជាពលរដ្ ឋនៅក្នុងភូមិ ជាមួយគ្នា នៅភូមិព្រៃម្នាស់ ឃុំសំឡី ស្រុកកំពង់រោទ៍ ខេត្តស្វាយរៀង កាលពីល្ងាចថ្ងៃទី៥ ខែមិថុនា ឆ្នាំ២០១២។ បន្លែទាំងនោះ ពួកគាត់បានទិញពីផ្សារក្រមួន និងផ្សារតាមតំបន់ជនបទ ដែលនាំចូលពីប្រទេសវៀតណាម។ បន្លែនោះ គឺបានបាញ់ថ្នាំ ដើម្បីកុំ ឲ្យសត្វល្អិត បំផ្លាញ ប៉ុន្តែថ្នាំ ដែលបាន បាញ់លើ បន្លែដែល ពលរដ្ឋ ហូបនោះ គឺមិនទាន់ដល់ ពេលដែល ប្រមូលផល ទើប បណ្តាលឲ្យ មានពលរដ្ឋ ហូបហើយ ពុលតែម្តង។ ជាមួយករណីនេះ មិនមាន នរណាម្នាក់ មានគ្រោះថ្នាក់ ដល់ស្លាប់ទេ។

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94 villagers from Kampong Ro district, Svay Rieng province were poisoned after they consumed vegetables during a house warming party held at one of the villagers. The incident took place in Prey Monoass village, Samley commune, Kampong Ro district, Svay Rieng province, in the evening of 05 June 2012. The vegetables were bought from Kromuon market and other rural markets and they were all imported from Vietnam. These vegetables were sprayed with insecticides and they were harvested ahead of the safe harvesting period that was why the villagers were poisoned when they consumed them. However, no one died from the incident.

Illness strikes Borei Keila evictees

A girl draws water from pots in Tuol Sambo village yesterday. About 26 people fell ill after consuming bean sprouts at the site. (Pha Lina)

Monday, 12 March 2012
Khouth Sophakchakrya
The Phnom Penh Post

Woes continued for 26 relocated former Borei Keila residents, who fainted after vomiting and suffering diarrhoea at Tuol Sambo Village in Dangkor district’s Prey Veng commune on Saturday.

Khum Khern, village chief of Tuol Sambo, told the Post that most of the villagers who had fainted were children under 10.

Food poisoning caused by contaminated bean sprouts was the most likely cause, but heat may also have played a part, he said.

“The many villagers who fainted were transported to the referral hospital in Choam Chao commune, Samdech Ov, and the Cambodia-Russia Friendship Hospital,” he said.

Alert out on toxic jelly

Triko Foods Co. jelly

Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Don Weinland and Sen David
The Phnom Penh Post

Local supermarkets are pulling a Taiwanese fruit jelly from their shelves amid reports that the product contains a toxic chemical that is a proven health hazard.

Taiwanese health officials issued a warning on Friday stating that DEHP, a plastic polymer that is harmful to humans, has been found in domestic and exported fruit jelly and sports drinks. The jelly, a product of Taiwan’s Triko Foods Company, is labelled with a red, three-character logo in Chinese and says “coconut jelly” in English on the package.

Research shows a link between DEHP and damage to the liver, heart and lungs, according to the American Journal of Industrial Medicine. The amount of the chemical present in the products for sale in Cambodia and the associated health risks were unclear yesterday.

Nearly 50 Monks Ill in Mass Food Poisoning

By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
31 March 2010

Forty-eight monks fell ill with food poisoning Sunday and were recovering in two separate hospitals Wednesday, possibly after ingesting insecticide, hospital officials said.

The monks, from the Wat Koh Krabay pagoda in Kandal province, suffered upset stomachs and diarrhea following a ceremony hosted by Cambodian-Americans on a visit, Teng Soeurn, head of Preah Kosamak hospital in Phnom Penh, told VOA Khmer.

Twenty-three monks were treated at Preah Kosamak, and another 25 were treated at the Cambodia-Soviet Friendship Hospital, also in Phnom Penh. All 48 were recovering, the doctors said.

The mass poisoning came amid worries of continued outbreaks of cholera. At least six villagers died and 53 were hospitalized in a cholera outbreak in Kratie province last week.

Clinical examinations of the monks’ stool discounted that disease, Teng Soeurn said, adding that the monks could have died without treatment.

“It is a different condition from cholera, which is contagious from one [person] to another,” he said. “Food poisoning is not contagious one to another.”

Food poisoning can occur in unhygienic conditions, but the monks may also have eaten toxic vegetables in their meal.

“All the monks ate Vietnamese noodles with salad and insecticide, and then all the monks got stomach aches and severe diarrhea, but it is not cholera,” said Say Sengly, head of the Cambodia-Soviet hospital.

At least some of the monks had gone home, he said.

SMS blaming Thai products is making the round in Cambodia

11 July 2008
By Ros Dina
Ka-set
Unofficial translation from French by Luc Sâr
Click here to read the original article in French
Click here to read the original article in Khmer

Following the circulation of an email on the eve of the listing of Preah Vihear temple on the World Heritage Site, calling for a boycott of Thai products, now a SMS (written in English) starts to appear on hand phones since the morning of Friday 11 July, indicating: “News: Please avoid eating all kinds of Thai fruits, 4 persons were discovered dead after eating Thai fruits. Please send this SMS to all your loved ones.”

The Choam Khsan district governor, located in Preah Vihear province, where the incident took place, said that he was alerted about this affair “by people from Phnom Penh” and he gives an account of the story: “Four children, one of whom died, were in fact victim of poisoning yesterday [Thursday 10 July], but it was after they ate candies bought in a shop in their village. The police will conduct an autopsy. The shop owner said that he bought them from another villager in the district…”

At the foothill of the Preah Vihear temple – the talk of the town in the past few weeks – villagers said that they are not that concerned. “Since 23 June, the door to Thailand was closed, no Thai goods are imported, and shop sellers must get their provisions from Cambodian villagers further away,” Mr. Heng, a border official, explained while indicating that he also received the mysterious SMS.

Moeung Sonn, president of the Khmer Civilization Foundation, who was acting as the champion defender of the listing of Preah Vihear temple, said that it could be either Cam Control, the government department in charge of controlling food products, which did a bad job, or a “foreigner” who tried to send this SMS to discredit Thai produces so that they can flood the Cambodian market with products from his country. Nevertheless, Moeung Sonn did not want to speculate the birthplace of this foreigner…

1 Dead, 3 Hurt in Apparent Food Poisoning in Preah Vihear province

By Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
11 July 2008

A five-year-old boy died and three others were sickened in a possible case of food poisoning in Preah Vihear province, health officials said Friday.

Thouern Tiep, 5, died after he was taken to the commune health center with two brothers and an aunt Thursday afternoon, officials said.

The four had eaten noodles and candy together at a small shop in Sa Em village, Kantout commune, Choam Khsan district, near the Thai border.

None of the goods that were eaten came from Thailand, said Sap Bunthouern, Kantout's second deputy commune chief.

Brothers Youert Em, 4, and Youert Yim, 8, and the aunt, Ron Moa, 13, left the health center and returned to their homes late Thursday, Sap Bunthouern said.

Phann Ron, the 49-year-old grandfather of the deceased, said his grandson had played in the dirt before Ron Moa gave the children money for noodles and candy.

Two hours later, they all fell ill, he said.

Their faces took on a purple hue, and they were all taken to a traditional healer for coining.

The treatment appeared not to work, so the family called the health center to take them for further treatment.

By then it was too late, Phann Ron said. Thouern Tiep died three hours later.

Preah Vihear Health Director Kouy Bun Thany said authorities took samples of the noodles and candy, as well as blood of the three living patients, for laboratory tests in Phnom Penh.

10 [from Hong Kong] get food poisoning in Cambodia

August 15, 2007
New.gov.hk (Hong Kong gov't news)

The Centre for Health Protection is investigating the suspected food poisoning of 10 people who fell ill after eating in Cambodia on August 7.

The man and nine women, aged 22 to 59, were holidaying in the country when they developed abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea after a dinner buffet.

On their return to Hong Kong, two sought treatment at Tuen Mun and Prince of Wales Hospitals while another consulted a private doctor. All are in stable condition and no hospitalisation was required.