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Gastrointestinal illness at New Brunswick company probed after Amherst party
Event for Port Elgin-based Atlantic Windows was held in Amherst on Friday
CBC News Posted: Oct 26, 2015 5:08 PM AT Last Updated: Oct 26, 2015 5:49 PM AT
The Nova Scotia Health Authority is investigating a community outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness after a New Brunswick manufacturing company hosted a party in Amherst last week.
The illness was reported after several people were admitted to a New Brunswick hospital on Sunday after an event at Amherst's fire hall on Friday.
The event was hosted by Atlantic Windows, located in Port Elgin, N.B.
"An outbreak of what appears to be food poisoning affected a workplace event," Rob Miller, the president of Atlantic Windows, said in a statement to CBC News.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/gastro-illness-outbreak-amherst-1.3289419
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150 Atlantic Window employees sick following staff dinner
CTV Atlantic
Published Monday, October 26, 2015 7:35PM ADT
Public Health in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are investigating a potential food poisoning incident after more than 150 people got sick following a staff dinner Friday night.
Staff at Atlantic Windows say well over half of the 250 employees in both Amherst, N.S., and Port Elgin, N.B., were out sick on Monday.
The Nova Scotia Health Authority says a hospital emergency room in New Brunswick reported several cases of gastrointestinal illness on Sunday that are believed to be related to the event.
"Public Health staff is working with the Department of Agriculture to determine the specific cause of the outbreak,? said the health authority in a statement. ?They are working with their counterparts in New Brunswick to confirm the number of people who were sick and to provide follow up to those cases."
The cause of the illness is not yet known
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http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/150-atlantic-window-employees-sick-following-staff-dinner-1.2628702
Event for Port Elgin-based Atlantic Windows was held in Amherst on Friday
CBC News Posted: Oct 26, 2015 5:08 PM AT Last Updated: Oct 26, 2015 5:49 PM AT
The Nova Scotia Health Authority is investigating a community outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness after a New Brunswick manufacturing company hosted a party in Amherst last week.
The illness was reported after several people were admitted to a New Brunswick hospital on Sunday after an event at Amherst's fire hall on Friday.
The event was hosted by Atlantic Windows, located in Port Elgin, N.B.
"An outbreak of what appears to be food poisoning affected a workplace event," Rob Miller, the president of Atlantic Windows, said in a statement to CBC News.
...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/gastro-illness-outbreak-amherst-1.3289419
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150 Atlantic Window employees sick following staff dinner
CTV Atlantic
Published Monday, October 26, 2015 7:35PM ADT
Public Health in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are investigating a potential food poisoning incident after more than 150 people got sick following a staff dinner Friday night.
Staff at Atlantic Windows say well over half of the 250 employees in both Amherst, N.S., and Port Elgin, N.B., were out sick on Monday.
The Nova Scotia Health Authority says a hospital emergency room in New Brunswick reported several cases of gastrointestinal illness on Sunday that are believed to be related to the event.
"Public Health staff is working with the Department of Agriculture to determine the specific cause of the outbreak,? said the health authority in a statement. ?They are working with their counterparts in New Brunswick to confirm the number of people who were sick and to provide follow up to those cases."
The cause of the illness is not yet known
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http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/150-atlantic-window-employees-sick-following-staff-dinner-1.2628702