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Employees at Airbus Atlantic reportedly received an disagreeable Christmas shock after an organization dinner: Scientific vomiting and diarrhea.

Based on the Guardian and the BBC, French well being authorities are investigating after round 700 staff at Airbus Atlantic fell ailing following the aerospace firm’s dinner for two,600 staff. On the menu, per the Guardian: Lobster, foie gras, and scallops, together with ice cream logs and mousse for dessert.

The December 15 dinner’s fallout has led France’s Agence Régionale de Santé to analyze, in keeping with the Guardian, with the ARS saying that impacted staff confirmed “medical indicators of vomiting and/or diarrhea.” The company mentioned in an announcement to the Guardian that investigations into the incident are persevering with. One employee advised French newspaper Ouest France that the expertise was worse than childbirth.

Airbus advised the Guardian that no one was “critically ailing,” and advised the BBC and CNN that solely about 100 staff had been finally taken ailing. The well being authorities are actually reportedly dealing with the Christmas dinner case, with questionnaires despatched to everybody who attended. Airbus didn’t instantly reply to BI’s request for remark.

It isn’t the primary time that staff have felt sick after having fun with their employer’s vacation festivities: In 2016, round 70 staffers on the New Mexico Division of Well being fell ailing with meals poisoning after the company’s vacation get together. The Airbus dinner befell on the firm’s personal restaurant in Western France, per the Guardian.

In an announcement to CNN, an Airbus spokesperson mentioned that each one staff had been again at work the Monday following the incident.

“This seems to be an remoted occasion and all staff are recovering properly,” the Airbus spokesperson mentioned in an announcement to CNN. “The well being of our staff stays our major concern and we’re totally cooperating with the ARS well being company to establish the reason for the sickness and guarantee this can not occur once more sooner or later.”