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Ottawa Public Health is still investigating the source of an apparent food poisoning incident at a Barrhaven day camp that sent six children to the hospital and made 27 people ill.
The six children, who were at a Chinese-language summer camp, were taken to CHEO emergency and released Thursday night, said spokesman Eric Leclair.
Ottawa paramedics were called to St. Cecilia Elementary School on Cambrian Road in Nepean at about 3 p.m. Thursday after reports that several children and a few adults, had fallen ill after a lunch-hour meal.
Public Health’s Leclair confirmed they were investigating a particular restaurant that catered to the camp, but would not name it.
“The fact that a caterer provides food and people got sick is not necessarily the fault of the restaurant per se,” said Leclair, adding that tests on a batch of stir-fried rice from the meal will take five to seven days to process.
He said inspectors look at what the kids ate the days before follow every step the food took, asking questions like: Was it stored properly? Was it stored on a counter for a lengthy period of time? Was the food handler doing it properly? Was that person sick?
“There’s just so many variables that to attach blame right away to the person that prepared the food, in this case the restaurant, is premature.”
The restaurant’s operations would only be sanctioned if they can determine there’s a causal link.
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Leclair said these sorts of investigations aren’t uncommon.
“Almost every summer we have these types of things occur,” he said adding the outbreak team responds to more than 100 incidents each year at nursing homes, restaurants, or catered events.
Six ambulance crews, as well as fire service crews, responded to Thursday’s call.
As paramedics treated the children, firefighters checked the school for carbon monoxide or some system failure. That was quickly ruled out, and attention turned to the possibility of food poisoning.
Paramedic spokesman J.P. Trottier Thursday said paramedics believe food poisoning was involved because all those who were sick ate at the same food and suffered much the same symptoms 30 minutes to an hour after the meal. Children who ate other dishes, such as pizza or noodles, did not get sick.
The Ottawa Catholic School Board, which owns the school, rents space during the summer to community groups. In this case, the school space was being used my the Tian Tian Chinese Summer Camp, which offers a variety of programs, including board games, crafts and sports. Instruction is in Mandarin.
Nearly 90 children attend the camp, along with several counsellors.
Parents began arriving at the camp soon after being informed of the situation. One parent, Charlie Gao, was relieved to find that even though his eight-year-old daughter, Michelle, ate the stir-fried rice she wasn’t feeling unwell. “She doesn’t eat a lot,” he said, adding, however, that some of her daughter’s friends weren’t so lucky.
Gao said he intended to keep his daughter at home on Friday.
With files from Marie-Danielle Smith
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The six children, who were at a Chinese-language summer camp, were taken to CHEO emergency and released Thursday night, said spokesman Eric Leclair.
Ottawa paramedics were called to St. Cecilia Elementary School on Cambrian Road in Nepean at about 3 p.m. Thursday after reports that several children and a few adults, had fallen ill after a lunch-hour meal.
Public Health’s Leclair confirmed they were investigating a particular restaurant that catered to the camp, but would not name it.
“The fact that a caterer provides food and people got sick is not necessarily the fault of the restaurant per se,” said Leclair, adding that tests on a batch of stir-fried rice from the meal will take five to seven days to process.
He said inspectors look at what the kids ate the days before follow every step the food took, asking questions like: Was it stored properly? Was it stored on a counter for a lengthy period of time? Was the food handler doing it properly? Was that person sick?
“There’s just so many variables that to attach blame right away to the person that prepared the food, in this case the restaurant, is premature.”
The restaurant’s operations would only be sanctioned if they can determine there’s a causal link.
Related
Leclair said these sorts of investigations aren’t uncommon.
“Almost every summer we have these types of things occur,” he said adding the outbreak team responds to more than 100 incidents each year at nursing homes, restaurants, or catered events.
Six ambulance crews, as well as fire service crews, responded to Thursday’s call.
As paramedics treated the children, firefighters checked the school for carbon monoxide or some system failure. That was quickly ruled out, and attention turned to the possibility of food poisoning.
Paramedic spokesman J.P. Trottier Thursday said paramedics believe food poisoning was involved because all those who were sick ate at the same food and suffered much the same symptoms 30 minutes to an hour after the meal. Children who ate other dishes, such as pizza or noodles, did not get sick.
The Ottawa Catholic School Board, which owns the school, rents space during the summer to community groups. In this case, the school space was being used my the Tian Tian Chinese Summer Camp, which offers a variety of programs, including board games, crafts and sports. Instruction is in Mandarin.
Nearly 90 children attend the camp, along with several counsellors.
Parents began arriving at the camp soon after being informed of the situation. One parent, Charlie Gao, was relieved to find that even though his eight-year-old daughter, Michelle, ate the stir-fried rice she wasn’t feeling unwell. “She doesn’t eat a lot,” he said, adding, however, that some of her daughter’s friends weren’t so lucky.
Gao said he intended to keep his daughter at home on Friday.
With files from Marie-Danielle Smith
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