NOTNew twist in the Buitoni affair, a health scandal that occurred a few weeks ago around a specific range of brand pizzas. A new complaint has been filed in Perpignan against the Italian group by a woman who was ill after consuming a pizza of a different model from that already under investigation, Agence France-Presse learned from the lawyer of the complainant Thursday, May 5. And this, while yet another complaint should be filed by the parents of a 7-year-old girl who fell ill last March.
“This is a mother who consumed a pizza from the Bella Napoli range on March 27 and was hospitalized on the 29th for six days,” said Ms.and Pierre Debuisson, confirming information from BFMTV. “The analysis results revealed the presence of the bacterium Escherichia coli”, as for the previous contaminations linked to the Fraîch’Up range, and of another bacterium, Shigella.
ARS alerted
This 34-year-old mother residing in Perpignan, “still very tired a month later”, filed a complaint on Wednesday for “unintentional injuries”, her lawyer told AFP. “Her husband contacted Buitoni to request the removal of the pizza without getting an answer, and he contacted the food safety and quality service, which simply said that he had transmitted the information to the ARS [agence régionale de santé, NDLR] “, explains M.and Debuisson, already involved in the defense of several families affected by E. coli.
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This complaint comes a few weeks after the opening of an investigation on March 22 by the Paris prosecutor’s office for “deception on goods, exhibition or sale of corrupt or falsified and harmful food products for health, placing on the market of a product harmful to health, endangering others, involuntary injuries and involuntary homicides”.The Fraîch’Up range of Buitoni, belonging to the Nestlé group, is targeted, while 50 cases of contamination with E. coli bacteria had been confirmed, some of which were linked to the consumption of Buitoni pizzas.
A third product affected?
At the same time, according to France Info, the list of products affected by contamination with E. coli bacteria could be extended. A family in the department of Vienne accuses the “Four à Pierre” range of having made their 7-year-old daughter sick last March. Analyzes have certified the presence of the toxic bacteria, assures Mand Richard Legrand, parents’ lawyer.
According to him, that a third type of Buitoni pizza is pointed out is “worrying news for the future”. The latter fears that other consumers have been victims of such intoxication with yet other products. The family will file a complaint for “endangering the lives of others”, “involuntary injuries” and “deception”.