13 December 2005
P’zorrubio bakery closed for mass poisoning of 33
POZORRUBIO – A local bakery here was padlocked or temporarily closed after 33 persons, in two batches, were hospitalized in a case of mass poisoning registered last Nov. 27 and Dec. 3 this year after eating supposedly contaminated bread.
All the victims suffered stomach ache, dizziness, followed by vomiting minutes after eating bread they bought on separate occasions from the Alvin’s Bakery owned by Domingo Mandocdoc, located on Caballero street in downtown Pozorrubio.
First to be hospitalized last Nov. 27 were Mar Munar, 16, his brothers Heron Mark,5; John Paul, 3;Glen Munar, 1, all of barangay Palac-palac, this town.
Hospitalized last Dec. 3 were 29-year old Analiza Perez and 28 others, from barangays Imbalbalatong, Rosario, Sugcong and Villegas, all in Pozorrubio.
At least 24 of them were rushed to the Pozorrubio Community Hospital and discharged on the same day or the day after.
The rest were rushed to the Region 1 Medical center in Dagupan City, Sacred Heart Hospital and Don Amadeo Perez Memorial District Hospital, both in Urdaneta City; Zabala Hospital in Binalonan and Bautista Clinic in Pozorrubio and have since been discharged.
Doctors said none of the victims ever became serious.
Acting on the complaints of relativesof those hospitalized, the municipal health officer seized some samples of bread and their ingredients from the bakery.
Mandocdoc, the owner, extended financial assistance to all the victims of the alleged food poisoning.
An unverified report stated that the bakery might have used contaminated or expired milk in making bread causing the eaters to suffer severe stomach ache and show other signs of food poisoning.
All the victims suffered stomach ache, dizziness, followed by vomiting minutes after eating bread they bought on separate occasions from the Alvin’s Bakery owned by Domingo Mandocdoc, located on Caballero street in downtown Pozorrubio.
First to be hospitalized last Nov. 27 were Mar Munar, 16, his brothers Heron Mark,5; John Paul, 3;Glen Munar, 1, all of barangay Palac-palac, this town.
Hospitalized last Dec. 3 were 29-year old Analiza Perez and 28 others, from barangays Imbalbalatong, Rosario, Sugcong and Villegas, all in Pozorrubio.
At least 24 of them were rushed to the Pozorrubio Community Hospital and discharged on the same day or the day after.
The rest were rushed to the Region 1 Medical center in Dagupan City, Sacred Heart Hospital and Don Amadeo Perez Memorial District Hospital, both in Urdaneta City; Zabala Hospital in Binalonan and Bautista Clinic in Pozorrubio and have since been discharged.
Doctors said none of the victims ever became serious.
Acting on the complaints of relativesof those hospitalized, the municipal health officer seized some samples of bread and their ingredients from the bakery.
Mandocdoc, the owner, extended financial assistance to all the victims of the alleged food poisoning.
An unverified report stated that the bakery might have used contaminated or expired milk in making bread causing the eaters to suffer severe stomach ache and show other signs of food poisoning.
