Keikyu Department Store 147 people fell ill after eating “eel bento” and suffered symptoms such as vomiting， and one person died from food poisoning caused by Staphylococcus aureus．
Last week, several customers at Keikyu Department Store in Yokohama complained of feeling unwell after eating eel bento lunches and other meals. It has now been revealed that 147 people complained of symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea, and one person later died. Shinji Kaneko, CEO of Keikyu Department Store, “We sincerely apologize.” Regarding the issue of several customers complaining of feeling unwell after eating “eel bento” lunches and other items sold last week at “Nihonbashi Ise-sada,” a store in Keikyu Department Store, Yokohama City determined on the 29th that the cause was food poisoning caused by Staphylococcus aureus. In response to this, Keikyu Department Store and Ise-sada held a press conference and revealed that a total of 1,761 units of “eel bento” and “broiled eel” were sold over the two days from Doyo no Ushi Day on the 24th to the following day, and that by the 28th, 147 people had complained of symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea, and one woman in her 90s subsequently died. Yokohama City says the causal relationship with the deaths is unknown. In addition, 450 of the products had incorrect expiration dates, and the cause is currently under investigation. Keikyu Department Store stated, “We take this incident very seriously, deeply regret it, and will consider measures to prevent it from recurring.” Related threads Vomiting from eel on Doyo-Ushi Keikyu Department Store★2 [paradise★] Previous thread.
These kinds of event items are made in bulk and stored at room temperature, so they’re half rotten and people who buy them are idiots lol. Sukiya’s 890 yen eel is much better.
>>23 I can’t find any source for the text or video yet, but this seems to be what is assumed in news.infoseek.co.jp/article/tospo_1190667477418590215/ >Kabayaki eel is a food that needs to be thoroughly cooked by steaming, grilling, or baking with sauce, but there have been surprisingly many cases of food poisoning. A restaurant source said, “Because this was Staphylococcus aureus, it is highly likely that someone with a wound on their hand removed the grilled kabayaki from the skewer with their bare hands, cut it, and served it, and because it was a bento box, it was left out at room temperature for several hours afterwards. “Staphylococcus aureus is present on the skin and throat of healthy people, but the bacteria is present in large quantities in infected wounds on the hands or fingers of cooks,” he points out. It is not the Staphylococcus aureus itself that causes food poisoning, but a toxin called enterotoxin produced by the bacteria, which does not break down even when heated at 100 degrees for 30 minutes.
Grilled eel is meant to be eaten fresh, but people are foolish enough to fall for a scheme designed to get through the off-season like ehomaki, and flock to it, appreciating something that’s out of season, even paying a lot of money for pre-made, awful food. Eel lovers wouldn’t even look at eel on Doyo no Ushi no Hi.
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