Two cases with a preliminary diagnosis of botulism were recorded in Irkutsk. According to preliminary data, the victims ate “salted milk mushrooms cut according to a homemade recipe” made in the Altai Territory. Canned food was produced by an individual entrepreneur registered in the village of Volchikha and was sold in one of the retail chains.
“Based on this fact, the Rospotrebnadzor Office for the Altai Territory is carrying out an epidemiological investigation of suppliers and the manufacturer, with sampling of these products to determine the content of botulinum toxin, microbiological and sanitary chemical indicators,” reports the Rospotrebnadzor Office for the Altai Territory. Altai Territory.
Mushroom sampling has already been carried out.
