Very excessive ranges of sodium nitrite have been detected in meat samples despatched for evaluation as a part of investigations into the loss of life of an individual in Poland.
The Nationwide Veterinary Analysis Institute in Puławy examined the merchandise offered by the researchers.
They’re suspected of being behind the loss of life of a 54-year-old Ukrainian and the hospitalization of two different folks, aged 67 and 72, with signs of meals poisoning.
Stanisław Winiarczyk, director of the veterinary institute in Puławy, informed native radio station Radio Lublin that the focus of sodium nitrite ranged between 16,000 and 19,000 milligrams per kilogram of product.
It’s believed that the substance was added to the merchandise by mistake. Sodium nitrite is utilized in cured meat, however not in such a excessive focus. Nitrite is added to sure meals to stop the expansion of Clostridium botulinum, which causes botulism poisoning.
The scientists additionally examined the meat offered by the researchers. Though traces of sodium nitrite have been discovered, the focus was not harmful to people. Different outcomes of the evaluation of different substances are nonetheless pending.
Two folks face prices in reference to the incident. They’re a pair, 55 and 56 years outdated, who offered pork merchandise made at residence out there.
The Authorities Heart for Security (RCB) warned folks to not eat meat from unverified sources bought at a market in Nowa Dęba in Tarnobrzeg county over a weekend in February because of a well being threat.
The Tarnobrzeg prosecutor's workplace can be investigating the incident.
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