After the link established between Fraîch’up pizzas of the Buitoni brand (Nestlé) and certain cases of contamination with bacteria Escherichia coli (E. coli) in French children, a new complaint was filed in Perpignan against Buitoni by a woman who fell ill after consuming a pizza from a range different from that already under investigation, announced Thursday, May 5 the lawyer of the complainant, Pierre Debuisson.
“This is a mother who consumed a pizza from the Bella Napoli range on March 27 and was hospitalized on the 29th for six days”reported M.e Debuisson. “The test results revealed the presence of the bacterium Escherichia coli »he specified, as for the previous contaminations linked to the Fraîch’Up range, and of another bacterium, Shigella.
This 34-year-old mother, who lives in Perpignan and is “still very tired a month later”, filed a complaint on Wednesday for “unintentional injuries”, said his lawyer. Two days after eating the pizza, the mother of the family experienced several symptoms (pain in the lower abdomen, vomiting and fever) before being hospitalized and placed on morphine. “I have never known pain like this”she told the BFM-TV channel, which revealed what looks like a new food scandal on Thursday.
“Her husband contacted Buitoni to request the removal of the pizza without getting an answer, and he contacted the food safety and quality service, which simply said that he had transmitted the information to the ARS [agence régionale de santé] »explains M.e Debuisson, already involved in the defense of several families affected by E. coli.
Open investigation
This complaint comes a few weeks after the opening of an investigation on March 22 by the Paris prosecutor’s office for “deception on goods, exhibition or sale of corrupt or falsified and harmful food products for health, placing on the market of a product harmful to health, endangering others, involuntary injuries and involuntary homicides”.
The Fraîch’Up range from Buitoni, a brand of the Nestlé group, is targeted, while fifty cases of contamination with the bacterium E. coli had been confirmed, some of which were linked to the consumption of Buitoni pizzas.
Health authorities point out the need to consult a doctor in the event of the onset, within ten days after eating the pizza, of diarrhea, abdominal pain or vomiting. The consultation is also necessary if, within a fortnight, signs of great fatigue, pallor or a decrease in the volume of urine, which become darker, appear. “In the absence of symptoms within fifteen days of consumption, it is also reminded that there is no need to worry”specifies the general direction of health.