A number of staff of a Foxconn India unit, which makes iPhones for Apple Inc, had been hospitalised on Saturday after a bout of meals poisoning, a supply accustomed to the matter stated.
The meals poisoning occurred earlier this week at Foxconn’s dormitories, the place a majority of its employees lives, stated a second supply. A bulk of the Taiwanese producer’s workforce is girls.
It was not instantly clear what number of employees are significantly ailing and whether or not the incident would disrupt manufacturing on the plant in Sriperumbudur, which is on the outskirts of the southern metropolis of Chennai.
Foxconn additionally makes telephones for Xiaomi India and different smartphone participant
Foxconn didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
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Supply: Live Mint