Banh mi eatery hauled over the coals for salmonella poisoning

By An Minh March 12, 2024 | 11:26 pm PT

Dozens of people receive treatments for food poisoning at a medical facility in Soc Trang Province in the Mekong Delta at the end of January 2024. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh An

A sandwich shop in the Mekong Delta's Soc Trang Province, where over 150 people recently suffered food poisoning, has been fined VND90 million (US$3,650) and shut for four months.

Thu Ha banh mi shop on Hai Ba Trung Street also has to shell out over VND380 million for the treatment of the victims, the Soc Trang People's Committee ruled.

After eating banh mi (sandwich) at Thu Ha one day in late January, 159 people experienced stomachache, diarrhea, fever, and vomiting.

Of them, 153 were hospitalized.

Tests by authorities found they had suffered food poisoning due to the presence of salmonella in ham used in the banh mi.