The Junta de Andalucía has detected a second meal that took place in the same Cordoban establishment that is considered the focus. This was confirmed this morning by the head of the Public Health Service of Córdoba, María Cruz Gallego, who has indicated that the investigations point to that the common food that all of them had consumed is a montadito de pringá. Between the two events, a birthday from which those affected came out, and a dinner that was held that same night, there were 72 people who attended the establishment, as indicated by the technician.
The two meals took place on January 4, but the complaints reached the Health delegation on Monday the 13th, ten days later, according to the Board. One or two days later, the delegate did not specify clearly, the samples of this product were taken. It is a pringá prepared in the premises itself, which has the obligation to keep samples of the food when they hold events of more than 30 people.
The samples, which are being analyzed in the laboratories of the Catalan Food Safety Agency, were taken from the pringá that was frozen, in accordance with the established conservation protocols, as indicated by the head of service.
The suspected agents under analysis are two: Escherichia Coli and Clostridium perfringens. The first is a bacteria that lives in raw ground meat products, milk or vegetables contaminated by fecal matter, and which can cause stomach cramps, diarrhea and vomiting. The other settles in food through contamination in soil or fecal matter and can cause acute gastrointestinal infections.
Gallego has confirmed that there is one deceased person, a 67-year-old woman, who attended the birthday party, but of the 44 affected, only one was treated urgently. The rest, according to the head of service, have presented abdominal pain and diarrhea.
The establishment where the poisoning occurred, which has not responded to the calls made by this newspaper, has not been closed because “it complied with all the management,” Gallego indicated, although the food handlers who prepared the food are being investigated. pringá, a typical Andalusian pasta, made from traditional stew ingredients.
The consumer association FACUA Córdoba yesterday demanded that the Department of Health and Consumer Affairs provide all the details that could clarify the poisoning.
