Catering firm suspended after children get food poisoning

Twelve students in Jiangxi province's Wan'an county received hospital treatment on Wednesday after eating school meals suspected of including expired food, according to the local government.

The students displayed symptoms such as stomachaches and were undergoing treatment at two hospitals in the county and nearby Ganzhou. They are said to be in stable condition and improving, the Wan'an publicity department said in a statement released on Thursday.

Wan'an Zhenbaiwei Catering Co, which supplied meals to some primary and middle schools in the county, has been ordered by the county government to suspend operations, and senior executives have been detained for further investigation, the statement said.