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SINGAPORE \u2013 The food business operations of Deli Hub Catering have been suspended after 53 people, including 51 children, developed gastroenteritis symptoms at two MOE kindergartens.<\/p>\n
The suspension took effect on Oct 27 and will last until further notice, said the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA), Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and Ministry of Education (MOE) in a joint statement on Oct 27.<\/p>\n
The cases were reported at MOE Kindergarten @ Springdale (in Sengkang) and MOE Kindergarten @ Gongshang (in Tampines), and CDA and SFA are investigating.<\/p>\n
As at Oct 26, 51 pupils and two employees have reported developing gastroenteritis symptoms between Oct 21 and Oct 23, after consuming food supplied by Deli Hub Catering.<\/p>\n
The caterer was engaged by the Kindergarten Care (KCare) operator at the two kindergartens.<\/p>\n
The affected individuals had sought outpatient treatment, self-medicated, or recovered without treatment, said the authorities. None of them was hospitalised.<\/p>\n
MOE is working with CDA, SFA and the affected kindergartens to assist in the investigations.<\/p>\n
Symptoms of gastroenteritis, commonly known as stomach flu or food poisoning, include vomiting, diarrhoea, and abdominal pain.<\/p>\n
Gastroenteritis can spread through the consumption of contaminated food or water, person-to-person contact or contact with contaminated environments.<\/p>\n
The authorities said the two kindergartens have stepped up hygiene and precautionary measures, including thorough cleaning and disinfection of the affected areas.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, the KCare operator has arranged another food supplier for the two kindergartens, said the authorities.<\/p>\n
Under the suspension, Deli Hub Catering, located in Taman Jurong, will have to clean and sanitise its premises, equipment, and utensils.<\/p>\n
All food workers working on the premises will also have to re-attend and pass the Food Safety Course Level 1 and be tested negative for food-borne pathogens, before they can resume work.<\/p>\n
The appointed food hygiene officer working on the premises must also re-attend and pass the Food Safety Course Level 3 before resuming work.<\/p>\n
Deli Hub Catering, set up in 2004, is the halal catering arm of food solutions company Neo Group, according to Deli\u2019s website.<\/p>\n
In 2023, Deli Hub Catering was fined $4,000 for hygiene lapses<\/span><\/a> after 21 people came down with gastroenteritis from consuming food that it had prepared.<\/p>\n The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the SFA jointly investigated the company\u2019s premises after receiving reports of people falling sick in December 2022.<\/p>\n The investigation uncovered several hygiene lapses, including a dirty freezer, unclean food preparation containers and empty paper towel dispensers.<\/p>\n There have been other cases of gastroenteritis in 2026.<\/p>\n On July 29, catering company Gourtmetz was handed six charges<\/span><\/a> over food safety offences committed under the Sale of Food Act.<\/p>\n This comes after the company\u2019s alleged involvement in an incident where 60 pupils from River Valley Primary School suffered from gastroenteritis<\/span><\/a> after consuming its food in January.<\/p>\n Also in January, SFA and CDA said they were investigating 147 suspected gastroenteritis cases<\/span><\/a> involving pupils from North View Primary School in Yishun.<\/p>\n One pupil was hospitalised on Jan 17, and discharged on Jan 18 in stable condition.<\/p>\n In the Oct 27 statement, SFA said food safety is a joint responsibility and reminded food businesses to observe good food safety practices at all times.<\/p>\n The public can report poor food safety practices to SFA through its online feedback form at www.sfa.gov.sg\/feedback<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 The food business operations of Deli Hub Catering have been suspended after 53 people, including 51 children, developed gastroenteritis symptoms at two MOE…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/95955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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