30 people fall ill after eating fermented soyabean

At least 30 people were taken ill in Aizawl after eating fermented soyabean, Mizoram health department officials today said.
Dr Pachuau Lalmalsawma, Nodal Officer for the state Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme said that 35 people have reportedly eaten the fermented soyabean out of which 30 were given medical treatment in different hospitals across the city.
"We suspected bacterial contamination rather than chemical contamination as five people who ate the soyabean after cooking were not taken ill," Lalmalsawma said.
He said that the samples of the fermented soyabean were taken and sent to the microbiological laboratory and also to the state forensic science laboratory of the Police department.

Reports said that two persons were treated at the ICUs in two hospitals here while the conditions of the rest of the victims were described as stable.
The reports said that the fermented soyabean was purchased by officials of the SCERT department from one of the employees.