'Dirty' ice cream downs 87 people in Bataan

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga, Philippines – Eighty-seven people, including 50 children, aged between one to 10-year-old were hospitalized in Bataan after eating “dirty” ice cream, police reported yesterday.

Senior Inspector Dennis Orbista, information officer of the Bataan police, told The STAR the victims complained of severe stomach pains and nausea after eating ice cream they bought from Roel Biato and Raffy Lubaton, both residents of Barangay Central in Balanga town.

Samples of the ice cream were sent to Manila for analysis. – Raffy Viray, Ric Sapnu, Jaime Laude