People who ate food at "Zhibin Delicatessen" receive treatment at Pudong District People's Hospital in Shanghai, east of China, Oct. 18, 2009. Twenty-six people were hospitalized after they ate food at the delicatessen Saturday, local authority said. They were diagnosed with nitrite poisoning, according to the hospital. One person died in the hospital and 10 people are still receiving treatment there. Those with light symptoms have left hospital, the official said.(Xinhua/Pei Xin) Photo Gallery>>>

    SHANGHAI, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai authorities said Sunday that they found industrial salt in food that sickened 26 people at a local delicatessen.

    One of the poisoned patients died in the Pudong District People's Hospital and 10 were still receiving treatment there. Those with light symptoms have left hospital, according to a health department official in Pudong District, on Saturday.

    The patients were diagnosed with nitrite poisoning, according to the hospital.

A man who ate food at "Zhibin Delicatessen" receives treatment at Pudong District People's Hospital in Shanghai, east of China, Oct. 18, 2009. (Xinhua/Pei Xin) Photo Gallery>>>

    The people showed symptoms of nausea, vomiting and rapid heartbeat, after eating food at "Zhibin Delicatessen" in Pudong.

    The local administration for industry and commerce has shut down the shop, which was found to operate without valid business license, and confiscated more than 26 kg of processed food and processing facilities.

    The administration said that they will send the food sample for further test, and traced the sales links that sold the industrial salt to the food shop.

    The owner of the delicatessen has been detained by police.

People who ate food at "Zhibin Delicatessen" receives treatment at Pudong District People's Hospital in Shanghai, east of China, Oct. 18, 2009. (Xinhua/Pei Xin) Photo Gallery>>>

26 hospitalized in suspected food poisoning in Shanghai

    SHANGHAI, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-six people were hospitalized after they ate food at a delicatessen Saturday in Shanghai, local authority said.

    A total of 26 people were sent to Pudong District People's Hospital Saturday after they ate food at "Zhibin Delicatessen" in Pudong District. They have shown symptoms of nauseation, vomiting and rapid heartbeat, a Pudong District health department official said.Full story