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PRO/EDR> Contaminated beer, fatal – Mozambique (03): (TE) Burkholderia gladioli pv cocovenenans toxin

Poisoning -- MozambiqueA homemade beer that killed 75 drinkers at a funeral in Mozambique earlier this year was brewed with contaminated flour, health authorities said today, 4 Nov 2015. ruling out deliberate poisoning.Hundreds of people drank the beer, with dozens found dead in their homes later in the day and others rushed to a local hospital with diarrhea and severe muscle aches. A total of 232 people were affected, and 75 died in the incident in the village of Chitima in the northwest of Mozambique."The Read more [...]