Thursday, September 08, 2005
Camel meat warning
Reuters reports:
Camel meat poisons 64
SIXTY-FOUR people have been taken to hospital in Somaliland after eating a camel that had died of a snakebite, authorities said overnight.Mohamed Muse Abdulle, deputy governor of Sahil region in the breakaway northern enclave of Somalia, said a man sold the poisoned meat in the village of Hudiso, 57km south of the port of Berbera. "The owner of the camel, who is now in police custody, is believed to have cut the meat from a camel which died from a snakebite," Mr Abdulle said. The 64 victims had been travelling by bus and had stopped to eat at a restaurant in Hudiso, Mr Abdulle said. They were still recovering at a Hudiso clinic, he said. Police said they would not identify the meat-seller in case of reprisals from victims. Somaliland, a former British protectorate, broke away from Somalia in 1991 and has since been a relatively stable enclave but is not recognised internationally as a state.
2 Comments:
By 
TigerHawk, at
Thu Sep 08, 05:24:00 PM:
Apparently this afternoon we are very focused on food purity issues.
By Charlottesvillain, at
Thu Sep 08, 05:31:00 PM:
What can you say? We're global.
