The story begins at the end of August 2019. A resident of Essonne (91) uses a soup without looking at the expiry date. The woman had a first malaise then, a week and a half later, she was hospitalized at the Pitié-Salpêtrière in Paris: her condition had deteriorated considerably and she was “almost totally” paralyzed…
If doctors first think of a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), medical examinations reveal botulinum toxin poisoning. Responsible for botulism, a rare disease (71 cases were reported in France between 2013 and 2016) which causes eye damage then dry mouth and which progresses to paralysis and death, this toxin develops in particular in poorly processed foods. preserved.
Botulism, a rare disease that leads to paralysis
All the rage: the Regional Health Agency (ARS) calls for an investigation and fraud prevention investigators discover a vegetable soup that has been out of date for 3 weeks in the victim’s fridge.
For the hospitalized patient, there is “very little hope of recovery”. Contacted by our colleagues from Parisian, the soup brand at the heart of the case explained that “no problems have been reported on the 630 bottles of the batch which have since been sold and consumed. August 2019, it has been off the shelves for over a month, so there has been no need to issue a recall or notify consumers.” Morality: mistrust with expiry dates…
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