Salmonella from chicken a la crème prime suspect in wedding poisoning outbreak

Salmonella has emerged as the leading suspected cause of a mass food poisoning outbreak from a wedding reception in Limassol, as laboratory investigations continue into an incident that left more than 70 people reporting symptoms and 21 requiring hospital treatment.

Speaking on Friday, the health ministry’s sanitary services director, Herodotos Herodotou, said preliminary analyses had identified indications of salmonella in a chicken à la crème dish served at the event, although confirmatory...