Some children and teachers in Golden Apple Longwan Peninsula Kindergarten have symptoms such as fever and diarrhea, and Wuhou District immediately dealt with the situation. Later, an epidemic prevention department settled in the kindergarten for investigation, only to find that the fever of teachers and students was caused by bacterial infection. Investigators tested all the food in the kindergarten two days before the incident and found that the birthday cake bought by the school was salmonella-positive. The hospital also said that this group of teachers and students had a fever only because of bacterial infection, which had nothing to do with COVID-19.
First, the food purchased by the school has bacterial infection, which leads to fever among teachers and students. Wuhou District attaches great importance to the collective fever incident on campus. In the detection of school food samples, it was found that there was something wrong with one of the school cakes. Cake is not produced by the school, but purchased food, which is ordered by the school to celebrate the birthday of kindergarten children. It was in this cake that Salmonella was found, which caused a collective fever among teachers and students.
Second, the school's lax inspection of the purchased food is the main reason for the problem. The cause of the incident was an outsourced cake. The food sold in the cake shop failed the quality inspection. Even if it is not sold to kindergarten, there will be problems if it is sold to others. The school also has the responsibility to take the food that has not been strictly tested to the children in kindergarten, which is the main responsibility of the school.
Third, ensure the safety of students and strengthen food testing. There was a notice about food safety in Beijing earlier, one of which was that cakes and cold food could not be sold to schools. Most of these foods have not been sterilized at high temperature and are more susceptible to bacterial infection than cooked food. Children in kindergartens are still young, their immunity is weaker than that of adults, and their resistance to bacteria and viruses is even worse. Therefore, kindergartens should be stricter than usual when purchasing food to ensure the food safety of students.