Mass Food Poisoning at Yakiniku Restaurant

During these couple of days, media report massive food poisoning at one of Yakiniku Chain restaurant. It is said that three people are dead and 26 are in hospitals. (Those paitients are found in Fukui Pref, and Kanagawa Pref, where this chain store restaurants has its branch restaurant.)

The food poisoing is due to the coliform bacillus O111, and  people suffered from this bacillus is only who ate one of the most favorite delica at Yakiniku restaurant, Yukke, which is a raw beef meat served with raw egg.

Surprisingly, Ministry of Welfare and Labor said that there have been no beef meat distributed in the market since 1999, which meet with the sanitary standard set by the Ministry to be eaten raw, while the fact is that Yukke  is served at almost every Yakiniku restaurant.

Since the sanitary standard set by the ministry does not have any penalty related rules, the reality is that the sanitary check is handled by only the retail restaurants.

The ministry is planning to introduce penalty rules about the standard of the sanitary for the meat to be eaten raw.

This video clip is exactly the restaurant which occured food poisoining.
This clip was recorded to award one of thier best retail restaurant.
The point is that they use the same towel to clean kichen board and sheff's hand, and using water bowl but alcoholic sanitary.