The Minas Gerais State Department of Health (SES-MG) received the notification of the supposedly poisoned chicken pie, which left three people in serious condition in the ICU, and suspects that the victims, two women, 23 and 75, and a man, 24, have been victims of Botulism Costoxication (Clostridium Botulinum). The case happened last Tuesday (22), in the Serrano neighborhood, in the northwest of the capital Belo Horizonte.
In a statement, SES-MG reported that so far the collection of clinical samples of patients, which will be sent for analysis by the National Laboratory Surveillance Network. Food samples such as shredded chicken, green corn, water and leftovers present in the form of the pie consumed by consumers who had symptoms were also collected.
Still in a statement, the folder said it continues to follow the case and in contact with the municipality of Belo Horizonte to evaluate causes that may have generated the possible poisoning.
In a statement to the police, the baker responsible for preparing Salgado stated that he took another pie from the bakery home, which was consumed by his family members, but said none of them felt something different.
The baker’s wife also gave testimony to the police as a witness to the case.
The owner of the bakery stated that the employee would have only worked six days at the scene as a “freelancer” and that his last appearance would have been on Sunday (20).
Last Tuesday (23), the place was banned by the BH Sanitary Surveillance. The measure was necessary since the establishment has no sanitary permit and no registration in the service to start the process for release of the document. Another factor that led to the ban was the presence of several irregularities in relation to the hygiene and sanitary structure of the site, according to the city of Belo Horizonte.
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Military police teams were fired on Tuesday (22) by employees of two different hospitals, one in BH and one in Sete Lagoas, located 70 km from the capital of Minas Gerais. The so -called occurred after patients were hospitalized with signs of poisoning.
Family members of the victims said the three had ingested a chicken pie and a pies bought from an establishment in the Serrano neighborhood. When asked, the local employees told police that the family returned to the bakery hours after the purchase of food and complained that the pie was sour.
Upon finding a strong smell by workers, the purchase money was returned.
According to them, the salty were frozen since production day on Saturday (19), which were heated only at the time of sale or when they were taken to the greenhouse.
According to family reports, the medical team suspected of substance poisoning that will still be confirmed in specific examinations. However, they believe that alleged poisoning may have been caused by carbamate, organophosphate or botulinum toxin.
The case is still under investigation by the Minas Gerais Civil Police.
In a statement, PCMG reported that “the investigation will now continue the responsibility of a daily police station, for other necessary steps to investigate the case, and the Civil Police do not rule out any investigative line.”
This content was originally published in the case of chicken pie: suspicion is Botulism intoxication in MG on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil

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