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31 Guests Sickened by Wedding Banquet Food Poisoning

12/11/2025

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The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reported 31 guests, including a two-year-old, were affected by food poisoning at a wedding banquet in Hong Kong.
Symptoms included abdominal pain and diarrhea 2–27 hours after dining at the New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel.
A preliminary investigation indicates improperly cooked suckling pigs, possibly cross-contaminated by raw ingredients, as the cause, and the hotel has been ordered to stop serving the implicated dishes.

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The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reported 31 guests, including a two-year-old, were affected by food poisoning at a wedding banquet in Hong Kong.
Symptoms included abdominal pain and diarrhea 2–27 hours after dining at the New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel.
A preliminary investigation indicates improperly cooked suckling pigs, possibly cross-contaminated by raw ingredients, as the cause, and the hotel has been ordered to stop serving the implicated dishes.