Twenty-seven people who attended a dinner following a funeral in northeastern China came down with food poisoning and 14 of them died, the official China Daily reported today. The 13 others became seriously ill after the dinner last week in Yixian County, according to the report. The dinner was held by Yu Huqing, head of the gardening department of Jinzhou City in Yixian County following the death of his mother, the newspaper said. The report did not say if Yu was among those who died.
