Education suspends breakfast in 14 schools

The Education Ministry suspended the school breakfast until next Tuesday in 14 schools in the community of Básima, in the municipal district San José del Puerto, in Villa Altagracia, pending conclusion of investigations relating to the 22 students who intoxicaron after consuming a snack.

Information offered it the Deputy Minister of education, and in charge of student welfare, Suzanne Michel, who stressed that the students felt stomach are already well.

With regard to the suspension of the programme, Michel explained that it is normal to see any situation, "but this week will be reactivated to seeing that children continue well".

Said that apart from the arisen problem with poisoning on Thursday, in the aforementioned community displeasure because the suplidora that distributed you milk was changed from January 17.

"They feel that milk, choose to is different to" u000a"back the other enterprise, or whatever that children had such a situation, they they ask as community to the Ministry is that we should take the other business", said.

Analysis
Michel indicated that milk that caused the upset stomach is being analysed in the laboratory and the results takes eight days to leave.

Said that same lot was divided among 18 thousand students of basic which has the educational district of Villa Altagracia and indigestion is only presented in the school Flopak Caribbean.

Schools in Villa Altagracia received during the first quarter of the present school year milk UHT and from 17 January of this year is served pasteurized milk. As education officer, this latter product originally had a good welcome.

Michel explained that change because normally each milk distribution company has a complete regional, in order u000aEducation to control batches or numbers of delivered products output

"We are back on Monday to see how the whole process and see if the community wants to accept the new company, but will take the most appropriate decision," expressed.

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