Shanghai Daily News

The Shanghai Food and Drug Administration said there were three big food poisoning cases in the city in the first three months of the year.

The cases affected a total of 76 people including one death. The number of cases decreased 40 percent and the number of people involved dropped 29 percent over the same period last year. Some farmers in Chongming County were poisoned after eating an improperly prepared toxic puffer fish at a self-cooked banquet on February 27. One person died afterwards.