Morbier is contaminated by E. coli bacteria: the investigation is open for danger

2024-07-05 17:30:19

Justice turning point. While at the end of 2023 large recalls of raw milk cheeses occur due to the presence of E. coli bacteria in these products, the case of contaminated Morbier will now be played in court. An investigation opened at the end of May in Paris for unusual 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, parquet.

The public health department of the prosecution reopened the investigation for placing a product on the market that is harmful to health, gross fraud and failure to inform the supervisor of the health risk, specified the general prosecutor, confirming information from L ‘Informed. In December, the health authorities began the recall of many cheeses by the company Route des Terroirs.

The judgment is interested in “many cases of hemolytic and uremic syndrome (HUS) after infection with E. Coli STEC (pathogenic bacteria) in children linked to the use of morbier”, according to the lawsuit. Six cases of hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) due to this bacterium were found in early November in Toulouse. This disease can lead to kidney failure and is especially dangerous for children and the elderly.

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By the end of December 2023, the health of infected children is no longer a concern. It is true that a few weeks ago, the parents of Élise, 7 years old, contaminated last December by Escherichia coli bacteria in Morbier, have filed a complaint against X for “endangering the lives of others” .

The same bacteria is at the heart of another legal case, which saw notable progress this week: Nestlé France announced on Friday that it has been sued for “negligent murder, unjustified injuries and fraud” in a judicial investigation opened on Butoni pizzas are contaminated and suspected to have caused the death of two children in 2022.

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An assistant working at the Caudry factory (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 afternoon to confirm the charges against Nestlé France and this subsidiary.