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This article describes an outbreak of nicotinic acid food poisoning that affected 49 workers at a factory cafeteria in Israel. The workers developed flushing, warmth, itching and tingling within 5-10 minutes of eating meatballs for lunch. Laboratory analysis found high concentrations of nicotinic acid in the ground meat. Nicotinic acid is a B vitamin that causes flushing when consumed in high doses due to prostaglandin release in the skin. While used as a food additive in some countries to color meat, it is

Author

Cita Chotimah

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