Danish food safety officials ordered a cleanup and better food handling at Noma, one of the world's top restaurants, after more than 60 people fell ill with viral gastroenteritis from eating at the two-star Michelin eatery that has also hit top spot three times in the world's best restaurants list in Restaurant magazine. 
 
 FILE – This is a March 14, 2012 file photo of Danish restaurant Noma in Copenhagen. More than 60 customers who dined at Noma one of the world's top restaurants in Denmark say they got viral gastroenteritis... (Associated Press) 
 
 The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration said Friday it had investigated the popular, waterfront restaurant in Copenhagen after complaints from customers who had dined there during a week in February. It was not immediately clear what food had caused the infection. 
 
 Agency spokesman Morten Lisby described the outbreak that caused vomiting and diarrhea as "massive." 
 
 The 63 infected people ate at Noma between Feb. 12 and 16, according to a food safety report based on an inspection of local restaurants and food retail companies a week later. 
 
 Restaurant manager Peter Kreiner apologized for the incidents and said they were trying to track the source of the infection with officials. 
 
 "Our business is based on having satisfied customers here and we're incredibly sorry on behalf of our guests," Kreiner told Danish TV2. He said the restaurant had contacted the agency as soon as it became aware of the complaints. 
 
 Noma, which opened in 2004, is widely known for its chef Rene Redzepi who relies on fresh, locally-sourced products, from moss and snails to sloe berries and unripe plums. The restaurant has been credited with redefining Nordic cooking and receives thousands of reservation requests every day. 
 
 Menus at Noma cost up to 1,500 kroner ($260) and table reservations often must be made months in advance. ||||| Sixty-three guests became sick after eating last month at Noma, the Copenhagen restaurant that charges $440 for its food and wine menu and that was voted the world’s best eatery, Danish health authorities said. 
 
 Guests from 12 dinner parties over a four-day period experienced diarrhea and vomiting, and staff also reported illness, the national health inspection agency said in a report published on its website. The restaurant said in the report it was taking measures to correct issues raised by inspectors. 
 
 Noma, which specializes in Nordic foods and has served dishes such as poached sea urchin and powdered cucumber, was in April named the world’s best restaurant for the third straight year, in voting organized by Restaurant magazine. Health inspectors said in the report Noma failed to react in time to e- mails from dinner guests and one of its kitchen workers who reported they had fallen ill. 
 
 “We acknowledge that the internal procedures haven’t been good enough and because of busyness, employees didn’t check e- mails,” the report quoted Noma as saying. 
 
 The report didn’t mention any sanctions on the restaurant, whose 20-serving menu, including wine, costs 2,500 kroner ($440). Noma will have to pay for a follow-up check, the report said. 
 
 To contact the reporter on this story: Christian Wienberg in Copenhagen at cwienberg@bloomberg.net 
 
 To contact the editor responsible for this story: Tasneem Brogger at tbrogger@bloomberg.net
– This might make it a little easier to get a table at Copenhagen's Noma, which has reigned as the No. 1 eatery at Restaurant magazine for three straight years: Sixty-three diners got sick over a four-day period last month, reports Bloomberg. Danish health officials ordered the restaurant to ramp up its food-handling procedures after what they termed a "massive" outbreak of diarrhea and vomiting, reports AP. Would-be diners typically have to make reservations months in advance and can expect to shell out $440 for a Nordic meal with wine. “We acknowledge that the internal procedures haven’t been good enough and because of busyness, employees didn’t check e-mails" from the first ailing customers, says a restaurant statement.