Two butcher’s shops in the north of France temporarily closed its doors after the death of a child of severe food poisoning, local authorities said on Friday.
Eight children have been seriously food intoxicated since June 12 after consuming meat products from the two companies in the north of the city of Saint-Contin.
Five of them have contracted a rare food disease called Uremic Hemolytic Syndrome (HUS), including a 12 -year -old girl who died.
In most cases, in most cases, a person has ingested E.colicommonly found in the intestine of humans and animals with hot blood. Hus can cause renal failure, permanent health problems and even death, According to the centers for disease control and prevention.
It is “impossible at this stage to confirm that the consumption of products from these two establishments is the source of contamination,” said local authorities.
But children have all consumed meat or meat products from these two butchers a few days before the appearance of symptoms, he said.
The authorities have closed the two stores as a precautionary measure while the samples of the two stores are tested.
The authorities said they should have the results “early next week” and an investigation was launched where the meat came from.
Hus affects between 100 and 165 children in France each year, according to the country’s public health agency.
E epidemics. Coli also made the headlines recently in the United States earlier this month, the food security and inspection service of the Ministry of Agriculture announced that Ground beef which has been distributed nationally can be contaminated by E. coli.
In November, a carrot reminder was issued by California Grower Grimmway Farms After nearly 40 cases were recorded in 18 states. At least 15 people were hospitalized and a person died, the CDC said.
The previous month, an epidemic linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders killed a person in Colorado and affected at least 104 people in 14 statesAccording to the CDC.
