134 in Kaohsiung fall ill after eating spring rollsBy Huang Liang-chieh and Hollie Younger / Staff reporter, with staff writerA total of 134 people have sought medical treatment across 10 hospitals in Kaohsiung for suspected food poisoning linked to a stall in Zhengyi Market (正義市場), the Kaohsiung Department of Health said today. A health inspector takes samples from a stall selling spring rolls in Zhengyi Market in Kaohsiung's Lingya District yesterday. Photo courtesy of the Kaohsiung Department of HealthAs of 9am today, 134 cases were reported across 10 hospitals, it said. Ninety-six have been discharged to recover at home, seven remain under observation, two are undergoing medical treatment and 29 are hospitalized, it added. The vendors failed to disclose to investigators that the spring rolls contained eggs and meat, and had not purchased product liability insurance, it said.
