State chemist reassures public after Limassol wedding food poisoning case

Food poisoning cases at mass catering events in Cyprus remain rare despite the recent serious incident at a wedding reception in Limassol, senior state chemist Christos Kourtis said.

Kourtis, head of the Food Microbiology Laboratory at the State General Laboratory, told philenews that hundreds of receptions are held every year, while poisoning incidents are counted “on the fingers of one hand”....