After a recent deadly food poisoning outbreak at the Xinyi branch of Malaysian restaurant chain Polam Kopitiam in Taipei caused two deaths, Bongkrekic acid was found in a blood sample taken from one of the deceased Thursday, forensic autopsy results showed.
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