Hong Kong lawmakers express concerns over resuming school lunch supply after pupils fall ill from eating distributor’s meals
- Legislators say no test results back yet to determine why pupils became sick after eating meals provided by supplier Luncheon Star
- Health authorities confirm food poisoning cases reported last week by school supplied by company
Hong Kong lawmakers have expressed concerns over whether a supplier of school lunchboxes should resume distribution on Wednesday after it emerged some pupils had suffered from food poisoning when they ate the company’s meals last week.
Lawmaker Tang Fei, also the vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers, on Sunday said he was worried by the prospect of Luncheon Star resuming the production of student meals.
“The test results from the samples are not out yet and we have no idea whether the problem lies with the production or delivery process,” he said.
The company, which supplies more than 200 local primary and secondary schools, earlier announced it would halt distribution on Monday and Tuesday to deep clean its production line and determine how some students in the city had fallen ill after eating its meals.
The Department of Health on Sunday confirmed that one of Luncheon Star’s clients, CCC Mong Wong Far Yok Memorial Primary School in Tuen Mun, had reported cases of food poisoning last week.