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None of the food stalls visited by patients who recently contracted an infectious strain of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) had sold raw fish dishes, said the authorities on Sunday (Aug 30).
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) also did not detect GBS Type III ST283 — the same bacteria that infected about 160 patients who ate raw freshwater fish in 2015 — in its routine sampling and testing of fish samples between May last year and August this year.
In a joint statement with the Health Ministry (MOH), the SFA said it is conducting field investigations at various locations and collecting information on the patients’ food history as part of its probe into the recent spike in GBS cases.
This included inspecting the food stalls that those patients had visited.
The joint statement follows a Friday circular from MOH to doctors that said public hospitals reported 50 cases of invasive GBS last month — twice the average monthly figure of 25 from earlier this year.
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