The number of people seeking medical help for poisoning with low-quality shawarma in Vladimir reached 76. reported press service of the Rospotrebnadzor department for the region.
According to the agency, there are 19 children among those poisoned.
Rospotrebnadzor, “… Between the evening of August 18 and the night of August 19, 2023, 20 people, including 6 children, sought medical help.”
It was stated that 34 people (11 children) were hospitalized. The remaining 42 people are receiving outpatient treatment. The condition of all victims was rated as moderate.
According to the information provided, all 76 people purchased shawarma from five fast food restaurants between August 15-17.
The ambulance never came
The victims told “socialbites.ca” Details on shawarma poisoning in Vladimir.
According to Anastasia, a resident of the city, she felt bad the day after biting a piece of shawarma from her husband. Her husband also fell ill. The couple’s symptoms are the same – high fever, chills, diarrhea, vomiting.
“Everything is very bad today too. Even the water is difficult to drink.
I called an ambulance at 17.00, they said there are many calls, we are still waiting. Intoxication is stronger, it seems to me that it does not happen, ”the woman shared.
He added that he bought shawarma from the same place and everything was fine.
Student Sergey, living in the dormitory of a pedagogical institute, bought shawarma on the evening of August 17. The next morning he felt signs of poisoning – his fever rose to 38.7 ° C. After that he called an ambulance but the doctors never came to see him.
“Since my mother is a doctor, in a terrible situation I had to buy antibiotics and water and go from Lastochka to Ivanovo. Now I’m giving injections, I’m not feeling well yet,” said the man.
Marina is currently in the hospital with her child: after trying her father’s shawarma, her daughter has symptoms of severe poisoning.
“On the third day, we are dripped and injected with antibiotics. Today is the third day, the temperature has just dropped and the vomiting has stopped, but the terrible stomachache and diarrhea do not stop, ”said Marina.
Her husband was also poisoned, he himself did not eat shawarma.
What the test revealed
During sanitary and epidemiological research managed to findThat Salmonella causes mass poisoning. As noted in Rospotrebnadzor, entrepreneurs who opened fast food businesses did not clean the premises from bacteria, there were no accompanying documents for the meat used in the preparation of shawarma, and the cooks violated the cooking technology.
In addition, employees were cooking without wearing special sanitary clothes, they did not have medical notebooks, they were examined for pustular and infectious diseases, respectively. Where shawarma was sold, conditions for processing raw meat and vegetables were lacking, as well as proper water supply and sanitation.
These establishments are currently closed. Buildings were sealed, administrative protocols were drawn up against entrepreneurs. The court will consider the penalty for stopping the operation of these fast food outlets.
“Shawarma Poisoning Outbreak”
In connection with the mass poisonings, Vladislav Davankov, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the New People party, announced that he plans to apply to the Ministry of Health with a proposal to introduce a single standard for all such public catering establishments in Russia.
According to him, an “epidemic of flaking poisoning” has begun in Russia, and such a standard will help solve the problem. According to Davankov’s scheme, all points where they cook from fresh products without fatty sauces and harmful additives should be marked with special stickers.
Davankov reminded that in addition to the mass poisonings in the Vladimir region, more than 100 people were poisoned by shawarma in Bratsk, Irkutsk region, in July. How reported In the regional Rosselkhoznadzor press service, shawarma in the fraternity cafe was contaminated with salmonella due to expired Krasnoyarsk chicken wings. Laboratory studies have revealed the presence of salmonella in sauces and chicken. The corporate supplier of expired products did not have documentation.