Toxin found in Malaysian restaurant chef's feces in Taipei's food poisoning outbreak


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TAIPEI (Bernama-CNA): A toxin suspected as the culprit of a lethal food poisoning outbreak in a Taipei restaurant has been detected in the feces of a chef from the Malaysian restaurant chain Polam Kopitiam's branch in Taipei's Xinyi District, Deputy Health Minister Victor Wang said Saturday.

The toxin -- Bongkrekic acid -- was found in samples collected from the chef's feces on March 27, Central news agency (CNA) reported a Facebook post made by Wang said on Saturday evening.

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