A meat product manufacturer based in North Rhine-Westphalia currently has to answer in court.
The parents of a deceased boy criticize the lack of warning labels on packaging.
The meat company
Herta
, headquartered in
North Rhine-Westphalia,
is currently in court.
A
toddler
had
eaten
one of his
sausages
and died of shortness of breath.
The charge is
negligent homicide
, the defense demands
acquittal
.
Dax, France - Because a
two-year-old
choked on one of her sausages, the German
Herta
group must now
stand
trial in France.
The charge is
negligent homicide
.
According to
the
AFP
, the
case dates
back to
summer 2014
.
The boy's family spent their summer vacation with him at a
campsite
on the Atlantic coast.
The mother had
prepared
sliced
"Knacki" sausage
(Red's note: a rather narrow boiled sausage without skin, see symbol photo above)
and green beans.
After a few bites, the child grabbed its neck and couldn't
breathe
.
Neither the desperate parents nor a
nurse friend
succeeded in getting the piece of sausage outside, the boy suffered
cardiac arrest
, writes the
AFP
.
Paramedics did not succeed in re-occupying him either.
Child suffocates on "Herta" sausage: manufacturer changes warning notice on packaging
His parents therefore asked for
clearer warnings
on the packaging.
They should be
colored
and in
capital letters
.
"The diameter of the sausages corresponds exactly to that of the baby's esophagus," criticized the family's lawyer.
While there was a note at the time of the fatal incident, only to cut the sausage for the little ones in tiny pieces, it is stated on the pack now that the sausages and
the length
should be crushed by, the
AFP
on.
Accordingly, the sausage manufacturer had
pointed out
the
further development of the packaging
in court
.
The defense also said that
any food
was potentially fatal for young children.
The lawsuit against the meat product manufacturer from Herten (
North Rhine-Westphalia
), which also has locations in France, began on January 25 in the southern French city of Dax.
For the group,
acquittal
had been requested.
On
February 8
, a judgment was to be announced.
(dpa / AFP / frs)
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