Dining-in night at Coningsby in the 90s; shortly after the prawn cocktail, people started rushing for the loo. Aĺl told, about 20 casualties, laid up for several days with puking and squits. Apologies from the OM? Not likely.
Summer ball at Seletar in 1967 and they had the bright idea of laying out the seafood buffet in the afternoon. I remember walking into the marquee around 9pm and doing a quick about turn as I got a whiff of it. Others were not so fussy and sick quarters handled about 65 cases of food poisoning the next day. Word had come down from on high, and the cause was stated to be over indulgence in alcohol.