Contaminated pastries cause mass food poisoning in Macedonia

10/09/2008

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Authorities hospitalised at least 87 people for treatment of food poisoning in Skopje after they ate contaminated pastries, health ministry officials said on Tuesday (September 9th). At least half of those affected are children, local media reported. Doctors at a Skopje clinic for infectious diseases said many of the patients are showing "serious symptoms" of salmonella poisoning. (Dnevnik, Vecer - 10/09/08; A1, Makfax, AP - 09/09/08)