SINGAPORE, Feb. 21 -- A national preparedness initiative involving ready-to-eat meals has been suspended as a precautionary measure following cases of food poisoning at the School of the Arts (SOTA).
In a joint statement on Thursday (February 20), the Singapore Food Agency (SFA), Ministry of Education (MOE), Agency for Integrated Care (AIC), and food caterer SATS announced that it "will pause the Food Resilience Preparedness Programme as a precautionary measure until investigations on the SOTA gastroenteritis cases are concluded", according to a report by Channel News Asia today.
Singapore media had earlier reported on Wednesday that 20 students had developed symptoms such as diarrhoea, nausea, and vomiting after consuming the meals.
The...