The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is investigating two fatal cases of Vibrio vulnificus infection, with one of them causing necrotising fasciitis (flesh-eating disease).

 The case of necrotising fasciitis caused by Vibrio vulnificus affected a 48-year-old man with underlying medical conditions who lived in Shenzhen.

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BELGAUM -- Nearly 100 people, who consumed contaminated water in Samra and Shukravara Pete on Friday and Saturday, have been admitted to various hospitals in Belgaum.

Two persons died of food poisoning today and six others were taken ill after consuming contaminated fish at Kebri village in Bihar's Kaimur district, police said. Some people, all mahadalits, caught dead fish from a muddy pond and cooked it for dinner last night, Mohania's Deputy superintendent of Police (DSP) Suresh Kumar said.

Healthy Choice Island Blends, Inc. of Los Angeles, CA, is recalling all sizes of LIQUID GOLD CARROT JUICE including 128oz, 64oz, 32oz, and 16 oz, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, which can cause botulism, a serious and potentially fatal foodborne illness.

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INDORE -- After incident of food poisoning which rendered 200 students ill, Indore Institute of Management Indore (IIM-I) has formed a committee to probe into the reasons for the laxity and the steps needed to be taken to prevent any such incident in future.

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Bill Stanley, an 83-year-old six-term county commissioner from North Carolina, had breakfast at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Northeast Portland last July. As reported by Lynne Terry of The Oregonian, Stanley was in town for a nationwide meeting of county commissioners but become violently ill several hours after breakfast.

Another two people have caught Legionnaires’ in the Edinburgh outbreak of the disease. The overall number of cases now stands at 93. On Thursday, the Scottish Government said the two people had been ill for "some time" and the outbreak is "under control".