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Pizzas Buitoni: a new complaint filed, the "Bella Napoli" range questioned

2022-05-05T08:39:25.911Z


Contaminated by E. coli bacteria and shigella a few days after eating a pizza from this range, a 34-year-old mother filed a complaint against Buitoni. The causal link is, however, not confirmed.


After the Fraîch'Up range of frozen pizzas, will Buitoni's "

Bella Napoli

" range also be added to products contaminated with E.coli bacteria?

A complaint was filed, in this sense, this Wednesday, by a 34-year-old mother, with the Perpignan gendarmerie against Buitoni and Nestlé, owner of the brand, for "

involuntary injury

".

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On March 27, Christina consumed a frozen pizza from this range.

Two days later, after the onset of symptoms such as vomiting and abdominal pain, she was hospitalized.

His hospitalization will last six days.

Medical analyzes conclude that she was contaminated by E.coli bacteria but also shigella.

A month later, my client is still extremely tired

,” highlights her lawyer, Pierre Debuisson.

Causal link not confirmed

In her medical report, it is written "

she did not travel, no consumption of uncooked products, consumption of Buitoni pizza, certain batches of which were recalled for E.coli food poisoning

".

However, the causal link is not confirmed.

My client's husband contacted the Departmental Directorate for Population Protection (DDPP), which transferred his request to the Regional Health Agency, but there was no reaction.

The precautionary principle is trampled on while these pizzas are still on sale

, ”claims the lawyer.

Contacted by

Le Figaro

on the opening of an investigation, the two organizations in charge of this type of investigation have, for the moment, not wished to respond.

Maître Pierre Debuisson also plans to send, within a few days, a complaint to the Paris public prosecutor in the name and on behalf of his client.

This should have the effect of extending the scope of the investigation which is already open

,” explains Albane Lancrenon, lawyer specializing in business criminal law at De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés.

Read alsoPizzas Buitoni: 50 contaminations with E. coli bacteria confirmed, including two deaths

Indeed, on March 22, an investigation for "

manslaughter

", "

deception

" and "

endangering the lives of others

" has already been opened at the public health center of the Paris prosecutor's office.

For the moment, 50 confirmed cases of hemolytic-uremic syndromes (HUS) and infections with E. coli bacteria producing shiga-toxin (STEC) linked to the consumption of pizzas from the brand's "Fraîch'Up" range Buitoni have been identified by Santé Publique France.

48 children and 2 adults were affected.

A massive recall of these pizzas was launched in mid-March.

Source: lefigaro

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