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Sunday, December 18, 2005
Bakery closed for selling spoiled bread
POZORRUBIO -- A local bakeshop here was padlocked temporarily after 33 persons, in two batches, were hospitalized due to alleged mass poisoning last November 27 and December 3 after supposedly eating 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 November 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 December 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 relatives of 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 the bread causing the customers to suffer severe stomach ache and show other signs of food poisoning. (Pangasinan Star/Sunnex)
(December 14, 2005 issue)
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