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Family of Nine Dies from Noodle Poisoning

Nine members of a family in China died after eating homemade corn noodles that had been stored in the freezer for a year, poisoning them with toxic bongkrekic acid found in the noodles; while nine family members ate the noodles, the younger members did not and survived; local authorities ruled out intentional poisoning and issued a warning to avoid foods made from fermented rice and flour following the deaths.

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Family of Nine Dies from Noodle Poisoning

Nine members of a family in China died after eating homemade corn noodles that had been stored in the freezer for a year, poisoning them with toxic bongkrekic acid found in the noodles; while nine family members ate the noodles, the younger members did not and survived; local authorities ruled out intentional poisoning and issued a warning to avoid foods made from fermented rice and flour following the deaths.

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Family of nine in China dies after eating

pot of noodles
Namita Singh

Wed, 21 October 2020, 7:40 pm GMT+8

Nine members of family in China died due to bongkrekic acid poisoning (Kyodo News via Getty Images)

Nine members of the same family  in China died after eating homemade


corn noodles that were reportedly kept in the freezer for a year.
The family was poisoned by toxic bongkrekic acid found in noodles, local
authorities told the state-run Global Times, while ruling out the possibility of
intentional poisoning .
Following the death, the National Health Commission on Tuesday issued an
urgent warning for people to avoid making and eating foods with fermented rice
and flour, reported the China Daily.
The family of 12, living in the Jixi city of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province,
had gathered on 5 October for breakfast. While nine of the family ate the
homemade noodles, also known as Suantangzi, the younger members did not
eat it because they did not like the taste. Suantangzi is a thick type of noodle
made from fermented corn flour.

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