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"  Food is causing a lot of emergency room visits lately. First, a man was sent to the hospital after eating a hotpot that was so spicy it burned a hole in his stomach. Then a young Tunisian man died tragically after consuming 28 raw eggs. Now a motive has been revealed for a food poisoning in China. According to NPR&amp;#039;s food blog The Salt, findings now show that a mass case of food poisoning that occurred in China in 2010 was actually intentional. A bad eggplant dish sent 80 diners to the hospital, but what doctors and police wouldn&amp;#039;t discover until later was that the food had been laced with a blood pressure drug. More from Delish: Danger, Danger! 11 Foods That Can Kill It turns out that a rival restaurant down the street sent two perpetrators to sicken diners at the competing restaurant. They put clonidine, a blood pressure drug, which also happens to be white and odorless, into the restaurant&amp;#039;s starch. The chefs inadvertently cooked with the drug when they used the starch to thicken the braised eggplant. All 80 diners got sick immediately thereafter and suffered from dizziness, fatigue, nausea, blurred vision, and vomiting. Luckily doctors at the hospital discovered the extremely high levels of clonidine and were able to save all the patients, although some had to have their blood pumped. More From Delish: Banned Food: From the Strictly Controlled to the Downright Illegal The perpetrators were eventually found and charged with a yearlong jail sentence. Unfortunately, poisoning a rival&amp;#039;s food isn&amp;#039;t all that uncommon in China. Last year, a dairy farmer purposely put nitrate in his competitor&amp;#039;s dairy supply. Do you think one year in jail is punishment enough for poisoning 80 people?  Find more great food content on Delish:  Search for the perfect recipe from our homepage Find out the latest food news Get a recipe book to save your favorite dishes Sign up for our free newsletters Check us out on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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