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21:02, July 31, 2007 |
The most possible cause of the deaths of 10 people in Magelang regency of Central Java in the past week was food poisoning, Indonesia''s health minister said Tuesday.
Health Minister Siti Fadilah Sufari told a joint press conference that bacteria pseudomonan cocovenenans was found in the favorite traditional food "Tempe Gembus", which was made from soybean. It had caused intoxication on 31 villagers, 10 of them dead.
"The most possibility that (the death) was caused by intoxication from the Tempe Gembus," said Sufari.
Sufari said that further examination is needed on the possibility that the compounds were resulted from cooking equipment.
Bambang Endro Putrantok, an expert from the Diponegoro University at Central Java, said that with a favorable humidity on the food, the bacteria produced toxin that could seriously damage human organs and cause their failure to work.
"It was found out that there are damages on all organs (of the death tolls), which are acute," said Sufari.
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