Food poisoning caused by egg sandwich

I read a news a week ago about 112 young students in Manila being poisoned because of the egg sandwich. As of this time, most of them were already discharged from the hospital where they were confined. The news report goes

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Manila, Philippines - The Health department last Tuesday said that egg sandwich could be the likely cause of the illnesses which downed 112 pupils in Manila's Tondo district last week.

A GMA News report qouted DOH National Epidemiology Center head Erik Tayag as saying that the sandwichs consumed by students from Corazon de Jesus Elementary School could have been contaminated with the Salmonella bacteria usually found in eggs.

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 Yep. I remembered reading that salmonella bacteria found in eggs. According to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona

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A potential food safety concern with eggs is Salmonella Bacteria. Eggs are perishable and must be handled with care. One can not tell if an egg contains salmonella bacteria just by looking at it because it has been found inside even clean, unbroken eggs. Avoid eating  undercooked eggs or food dishes containing raw eggs and remember thorough cooking kills Salmonella bacteria.

Although the risk of getting sick from salmonella is relatively small, the infection can be very dangerous, especially for the very young, the lederly and those weakened by illness. Do not leave eggs and foods that contain eggs at room temperature for more than two hours, because rapid bacterial growth can occur.

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Here's that report. It's not only in this article that I read about storing raw eggs in the door of the refrigerator as being a bad idea. Eggs must be stored in the carton in the section of the refrigerator where the temperature is coolest to prevent bacterial growth.