2023-12-05 17:39:11
The owner of a Bordeaux restaurant was placed in police custody on Tuesday, December 5, in the investigation opened in September into 15 cases of botulism, including one fatality, linked to canned sardines, he said. we learned from the prosecution.
This is the manager of the wine bar Tchin-Tchin Wine Bar, located in the center of Bordeaux, the public prosecutor, Frédérique Porterie, told Agence France-Presse, confirming information from the Parisian. The prosecution added that it would communicate on Wednesday at the end of police custody.
This arrest takes place in the investigation for “homicide and involuntary injuries”, “placing on the market of foodstuffs harmful to health” and “sale of corrupted or toxic foodstuffs” which was opened in mid-September, after several case of botulism among the customers of this establishment popular with tourists.
Fifteen clients identified
The preliminary investigation was entrusted to the judicial police, the Central Office for the fight against attacks on the environment and public health (Oclaesp) and the departmental directorate for population protection. The penalties incurred, depending on the leaders concerned, range between two and five years in prison and a fine of 45,000 to 600,000 euros.
In total, fifteen customers of the incriminated restaurant, including some of American, Canadian, Irish, Greek, British and German nationality, had been identified as “suspected cases of botulism”. A 32-year-old woman died at her home in Paris after presenting herself to hospitals, according to the prosecution.
All these people have in common that they ate homemade canned sardines in this restaurant between September 4 and 10 in Bordeaux, a city which then hosted the first two matches of the 2023 Rugby World Cup (Ireland-Romania and Wales). -Fiji).
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the French investigation determined, through credit card receipts, that approximately 25 people had been exposed, meaning they probably consumed the suspect food.
Botulism is a rare and serious neurological condition, fatal in 5% to 10% of cases and caused by a very powerful toxin, produced by a bacteria which develops particularly in poorly preserved foods due to lack of sufficient sterilization.
It causes eye problems (double vision), difficulty swallowing and in advanced forms, paralysis of the muscles, particularly respiratory muscles, which can lead to death.
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