KARACHI: Karachi University’s Hussain Ebrahim Jamal (HEJ) Research Institute of Chemistry has received samples of the food that six people had consumed before dying in an alleged food poisoning incident in Karachi on Sunday.
A spokesman of HEJ research institute, Shakeel Ahmed, has said that the institute has received the samples collected by the Sindh Food Authority (SFA).
A team of HEJ institute had monitored the process of collection of samples from the guest house, where the deceased were staying.
“The samples have been sent to three different laboratories for chemical analysis,” the spokesman said.
The final report about the incident will be prepared in view of the chemical analysis report and postmortem reports.
“The cause of death of the six deceased will be determined after a final medical report,” the spokesman added.
The six people who had died were of a family, including five children, had died of suspected food poisoning in Karachi. They had reportedly consumed biryani from a known restaurant, Student Biryani.
The victims were admitted to the hospital in a critical condition on February 21.