Charlie Sheen struck down by dodgy clams

Charlie Sheen has been rushed to hospital this week suffering severe food poisoning after eating dodgy clams.

Around 11pm on Monday night the 49 year-old actor reportedly called an ambulance to his Los Angeles home after falling sick from eating a take-away seafood pasta meal.

Despite sources hinting that the hospital visit was due to something a little more scandalous, Jeff Ballard, Sheen’s agent, confirmed to the media that the Two and a Half Men star was taken to hospital after eating ‘bad clams’.

“Just to be on the safe side, he went to hospital. They checked him out, hydrated him and sent him on his way. He was back home in bed 90 minutes later,” Ballard told the MailOnline.

The importance of practising good food safety

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