Frozen pizza, two children dead and 75 intoxicated in France. The contaminated products were of the Buitoni brand, owned by Nestlè
A very popular Italian brand in the food sector has ended up in the storm in France. Beyond the Alps 75 people they were poisoned by the bacterium Escherichia Coli after eating frozen pizzas from the Buitoniowned by Nestle. Unfortunately, two children died, even if the health authorities have not definitively confirmed the link between the deaths and the frozen product. In the past few hours Nestle confirmed that it has distributed frozen pizzas contaminated with Escherichia Coli, which would be present in the base. On March 18, the Caudry plant was closed, where the contaminated products were made and immediately withdrawn from the market.
Frozen pizza, two children dead and 75 intoxicated. Nestlè: “To date we don’t understand what happened”
The first cases of intoxication occurred in February but only today the French researchers of the Directorate General of Health they were more certain that the cause was actually the consumption of frozen pizzas of the line Fraich-Up Of Buitoni. Among the 75 poisoned people, 41 had similar haemolytic-uremic syndromes while 34 require further investigation.
“To date we do not understand what may have happened, but we will develop an analysis protocol that we will submit to the authorities”, he declared yesterday at a press conference. Jerome Jasonindustrial general manager of Nestle. Countries bordering France, such as Belgium, have also recalled the accused pizzas from the market.
The French health authorities stress to consult a doctor immediately if within 10 days of eating the frozen pizza symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal pain and vomiting occur or if within 15 days you experience pallor, fatigue or decreased urine volume, characterized by a color darker. “In the absence of symptoms within 15 days of consumption, – the doctors reassure – there is no need to worry”.