Nestle’s French subsidiary charged in suspected dirty pizza case resulting in the death of two childrenthe company announced today.
Per unit, which operates the plant in northern France that made Buitoni’s Fraîch’Up frozen pizzas as well as Nestle France’s prosecution this week, the company said in a statement without elaboration.
French prosecutors opened an investigation in May 2022 into involuntary manslaughter and involuntary harm after several customers fell ill after eating batches of Buitoni Fraich’Up frozen pizza. infected with E.coli bacteria.
A company spokesman said today that prosecutors have filed charges against Nestle France and Societe des Produits Alimentaires de Caudry, the subsidiary that oversees the factory where the tainted pizzas were made. Nestle suspended production of the contaminated products in March 2022.
The indictment is preliminary ie an ongoing investigation is underway and no decision has been made.
“Nestle France intends to take full responsibility in the case. We hope that these legal proceedings will help to fully clarify the circumstances of this dramatic event and bring comfort to the victims and their families,” the company said in a statement.
The scandal affected dozens of people in 2022. A year later, Nestle reached an agreement to compensate 63 victims and their families.
With information from APE, AFP