Amman, July 12 (Petra) – The Public Security Directorate (PSD) media
spokesperson announced that Zarqa Governorate Police and Civil
Defense directorates received numerous reports yesterday regarding a
mass food poisoning incident affecting a large number of citizens who
required hospitalization or emergency medical transport.

An immediate investigation was launched in coordination with Zarqa
local authorities, the Ministry of Health, the Jordan Food and Drug
Administration (JFDA), and the Royal Administration for Environmental
Protection.

The spokesperson confirmed that preliminary investigations linked all
affected individuals to meals consumed at a single restaurant located
in the Hashimiyah district of the Zarqa Governorate.

Consequently, authorities arrested the restaurant owner and an
employee, shuttered the establishment in accordance with legal
protocols, and seized all food contents for laboratory testing to
determine the exact cause of the contamination.

A total of 138 cases have been documented or transported to hospitals
so far. The majority of the patients received necessary medical
treatment and were discharged, while 28 individuals remain
hospitalized under medical observation. The investigation remains
ongoing as additional cases continue to present at local medical
facilities.

//Petra// AA