Hundreds Sickened in Mongolia After Eating at Local KFC Restaurant
- 247 cases of bacterial illness reported, with 42 hospitalized
- Authorities point to local franchise licensee for outbreak
A Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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Forty-two people in Mongolia were hospitalized and hundreds showed symptoms of illness from contaminated water and soda that health authorities linked to a KFC restaurant in Ulaanbaatar.
Authorities from the Metropolitan Professional Inspection Agency said the local license holder of the KFC franchise, Tavan Bogd, was responsible for the 247 cases of diarrhea, vomiting and fever reported this month. Officials said they found serious violations in health standards and a failure in internal hygiene controls. Lab tests detected bacteria in the drinking water and E. coli in soda.