2024-07-05 17:42:41
The investigation was opened at the end of May in Paris for accidental injuries and serious harm.
An investigation opened at the end of May in Paris for unexpected and dangerous injuries in particular, in order to determine the conditions in which the children who were morbier in November 2023 were infected by the bacteria E.coli. Justice is interested “Many cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) following E.coli STEC infection (pathogenic bacteria) in children linked to the use of morbier”according to the Paris prosecutor’s office, which confirmed the information from the Information. Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) caused by bacteria can lead to kidney failure and is especially dangerous for children and the elderly.
The Department of Public Health also opened an investigation for placing the product on the market that is harmful to health, serious fraud and “failure to predict the health risk presented by a diet revealed by self-assessment”. According to the French Public Health, eleven children were infected with the common strain in November and December: five are in a day care in Toulouse, and the other six live in different areas.
In December, the health authorities began the recall of several cheeses – morbier, tomme and raclette – produced until October 11, 2023 in a factory in Jura by the company Route des terroirs. Health approval of this site has been suspended. December 14, 2023, French Health, Minister of Agriculture and the Director General of Health has confirmed in a joint press release that the health of infected children “no more worries”.
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“Life Outcomes”
However, the families described to AFP “effects of life” . Damien Playe, who lives in the suburbs of Lyon, is the father of an almost two-year-old son, who contracted Escherichia coli bacteria after eating Jura morbier. He told AFP on Friday “descend into hell” after the hospitalization of his daughter Clara. Hospitalized at the end of December, the latter underwent a four-hour emergency surgery, before being placed in an artificial coma for 25 days.
At this time, “Your lungs are on artificial oxygen, your heart is on chemotherapy, your kidneys are on dialysis…” Clara went out too “brain damage”. After two months in the rehabilitation center, he “correct some functions but others are still to be determined, such as language and education”underscored Damien Playe. “We will fight for our daughter and for other children who may be victims”he insisted.
According to the Informationhaving access to a restraining order from the Jura region, administrative inspectors identified six levels of marketed morbier. “for which analyzes show the presence of highly pathogenic E.coli STEC”. Route des terroirs has several “bad self-test results” but did not report these analyzes to the authorities, again according to Informed who cited the authority. When contacted by AFP, the company did not respond.
The same bacteria is at the heart of another legal case, which saw a significant development this week: Nestlé France announced on Friday that it has filed for “murder, wanton injury and fraud” in the judicial investigation that opened into Buitoni pizzas contaminated suspected of having caused the death of two children in 2022. The department working in the company Caudry (North), where the pizzas are made, is also accused , according to a press release from Nestlé France. . When asked, the Paris prosecutor’s office was unable on Friday to confirm the charges against Nestlé France and this subsidiary.
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