date:Oct 22, 2018
Malaysia's health ministry confirmed on Sunday (Oct 21) that salmonella bacteria was responsible for a string of food poisoning cases that resulted in two fatalities.
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said laboratory tests found the bacteria in the clinical samples of the patients and the laksa sample.
He said the bacteria is known as salmonella enterica serovar weltevreden.
A total of 83 cases, including two deaths, were reported after customers consumed laksa bought at a food