Last week, a strange case of food poisoning amongst elementary
school children was suspected to be attributed to school
lunches. Now, those investigating the situation are thinking it
might not be as isolated as originally thought. But before you
get too freaked out, this incident occurred in China, not in the
United States. However, that doesn’t mean safety standards
shouldn’t be scrutinized here as well. Food poisoning put 368
children in a Chinese hospital in early April, but now two other
food poisoning incidents have occurred in recent days in the
same area. What might that mean? Well, definitely an oversight
in food preparation regulations, and possibly a systemic
oversight in the production of food used for school lunches as
well. Sound familiar? Food sickness outbreaks in the same area
date even further than the recent incidents: on March 13 bad
food sickened 203 students. On April 11, another 203 students at
another school became ill. Researchers think the weird illnesses
can be traced back to a new