VLADIVOSTOK, February 11 Investigators opened a criminal case after 22 people were hospitalized after being poisoned by food in a cafe in the seaside Dalnerechensk, reports in their Telegram -SUSK channel in the region.
The Primorye prosecutor's office reported on Sunday that 22 people with signs of acute poisoning went to the Dalnerechensk central city hospital. According to the supervisory agency, residents were food poisoned from February 5 to February 10. An investigation is underway to determine the circumstances of the incident. A source familiar with the situation reported that 21 people were hospitalized. The regional Ministry of Health told the agency, without specifying the number of hospitalized people, that there were no severe cases of poisoning among those who went to the hospital, and everyone was receiving the necessary medical care.
«»With signs of acute intestinal infection… 22 visitors to the cafe were hospitalized… Investigative authorities… opened a criminal case regarding the provision of services that do not meet safety requirements, under… Part 1 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation» , — the message says.
In turn, the RF IC informed that the head of the department, Alexander Bastrykin, will be reported “on the investigation of a criminal case regarding the provision of services that do not meet security requirements in the Primorsky Territory.”
Earlier in The department of Rospotrebnadzor in the Primorsky Territory was told that the M-Burger cafe in Dalnerechensk was closed until the circumstances were clarified. Experts are conducting an inspection, the necessary samples have been taken, the cause of the poisoning will tentatively become known on Monday.