after her mother borrowed a pair of food scissors from a stall owner at Tampines Street and used the scissors to cut the food into small pieces for her one-year-old child. The stall owner normally used the scissors for cutting raw food, which contained bacteria that caused the baby to have food poisoning. The baby was hospitalised and released a week later.
. Six types of pathogens were identified as the culprits, with salmonella leading the charge. The pathogens came from unhygienic food handling practices and a disregard for food safety, such as leaving food uncovered in the refrigerator, storing knives in a space between food preparation counters and not providing hand-washing soap.