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| Gone-off French cheese blamed for poisoning 300 children in school canteen | Gone-off French cheese blamed for poisoning 300 children in school canteen |
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| A dodgy batch of smelly French cheese has been blamed for a mass food poisoning outbreak at schools in Normandy. | A dodgy batch of smelly French cheese has been blamed for a mass food poisoning outbreak at schools in Normandy. |
| An investigation launched after 300 children fell ill in the town of Rouen named the culprit as gone-off cheese served up by school canteens. | An investigation launched after 300 children fell ill in the town of Rouen named the culprit as gone-off cheese served up by school canteens. |
| One parent said her child would be avoiding school meals after the scandal, telling local media: “I’d prefer to take them to a fast food place”. | One parent said her child would be avoiding school meals after the scandal, telling local media: “I’d prefer to take them to a fast food place”. |
| Local authorities inspected the producers of the cheese – a soft, mould-ripened local variety called neufchâtel – but were unable to identify the origin of the contamination. | Local authorities inspected the producers of the cheese – a soft, mould-ripened local variety called neufchâtel – but were unable to identify the origin of the contamination. |
| The children began to suffer headaches, vomiting and stomach aches after eating the cheese at 54 different primary schools and nurseries on 27 April. | The children began to suffer headaches, vomiting and stomach aches after eating the cheese at 54 different primary schools and nurseries on 27 April. |
| A survey of 1,000 parents of children in the region, both those affected and not affected by the outbreak, found a “strong association between the consumption of the cheese and the appearance of digestive symptoms”, according to the local health board. | A survey of 1,000 parents of children in the region, both those affected and not affected by the outbreak, found a “strong association between the consumption of the cheese and the appearance of digestive symptoms”, according to the local health board. |
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