Buitoni: the Paris prosecutor’s office opens a judicial investigation after poisoning with the E.coli bacteria – France Bleu

The investigations in the Buitoni case are therefore now entrusted to an investigating judge. A judicial investigation was opened on Thursday, after the intoxication of several people, mostly children, by consuming pizzas from the Italian brand, the Paris prosecutor’s office told franceinfo and AFP, confirming information from RMC. These contaminations are suspected of having caused the death of two children. read also E.coli contamination: several ranges of pizzas implicated, update on the Buitoni scandal An investigation already opened in March This judicial investigation is open on counts of “manslaughter against a person, injuries involuntary acts with regard to 14 people, deception on goods entailing a danger to the health of humans or animals, exhibition or sale of food products used for food that are falsified or corrupt and harmful to health, placing on the market of a product dangerous to health and endangering others”. Only the Fraich’up range is concerned at this stage, specifies the prosecution. A preliminary investigation had already been underway since March 22 at the public health center of 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 injury and manslaughter”. Three ranges targeted “There are two children who died from having eaten a pizza (…) I assure you that it is poignant”, declared Thursday on RMC and BFMTV the Minister of Health Olivier Véran, saying to himself “devastated” by this “absolutely terrible human tragedy” which “should never happen” but “could not be avoided”. There were a total of 75 cases of poisoning recorded, the vast majority of children. To date, three of the brand’s ranges have been targeted by consumer complaints, Fraich’up, Bella Napoli and Four à Pierre. to read also “Anger, it will be for later”: the parents of the little Tourangelle contaminated by a pizza testify