一起误食亚硝酸盐引起食物中毒事件的调查报告

Investigation report on an accidental food poisoning caused by eating nitrites

目的对一起食物中毒事件的流行病学调查情况进行总结，旨在加强餐饮业市场亚硝酸盐的管理，防止食物中毒事件的再次发生。方法对误食中毒人员进行临床诊断及流行病学调查，对可疑中毒食物进行实验室检验。结果在7种可疑食品中，馍馍中亚硝酸盐含量为760mg／kg，是导致本次食物中毒事件的主要原因。中毒的病人经及时救治全部恢复健康。结论卫生监督部门要加强食品行业的卫生监督检查，加大《食品卫生法》的宣传力度，加深食品从业人员对食品添加剂的鉴别，减少因误食导致食物中毒事件的发生。

Objective To learn from the accidental food poisoning so as to enhance the supervision of nitrites use in catering business to avoid reoccurrence of the similar accidents. Methods To carry out the clinic diagnosis and epidemiological investigation on the poisoned persons, and lab examination on the suspicious foods. Results Among the seven suspicious foods, the steamed bread, with 760mg/kg of nitrites is the main cause of the food poisoning. Consequently, all the patients recovered after proper treatment. Conclusions To reduce the accidents of food poisoning in future, the sanitary administration should strengthen the sanitation inspection on catering business, deepen advocacy of the Law of Food and Sanitation, improve the capacity of identification of the food additives among the practitioners.