Mass Food Poisoning At TikTok’s Parent Company in Singapore, 57 Hospitalised

At least 60 people became sick because of a mass food poisoning incident at the Singapore office of TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance on Tuesday. At least 57 of them had to be hospitalized.

According to local media reports, seventeen ambulances had to be sent to the building to treat those who fell sick with symptoms of gastroenteritis.

Following the incident, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA), in a joint statement with the city-state’s Ministry of Health (MOH), said that SFA will not hesitate to take enforcement action against errant food operators.

The BBC reported that the staff at ByteDance offices, eat food supplied by third-party caterers.

The Byte Dance authorities have announced to look into what caused this mass food poisoning for their employees. An investigation is also underway by health and food safety officials of the city-state.