Saturday, July 20, 2013

Pesto Genovese contaminated with botulinum toxin, alarm Ministry of Health - AGI - Journalistic Agency Italy

22:42 July 20, 2013 Into (AGI) – Rome, July 20 – Alarm for suspected presence of botulinum toxin in pesto. He throws the Ministry of Health, about pesto produced and packaged by the company Bruzzone and Ferrari in Genoa on behalf of some large retail chains, transitioned to a sales platform located in the Alessandria area with expiration date August 9, 2013 and the number Lot 13G03. The company immediately ordered the withdrawal of the product on the market and are ongoing investigations of the ASL to evaluate the extent of the alert in the region and outside the region but at the moment, you can not ‘exclude the possibility’ that som e jars might already ‘have reached the refrigerator for some unsuspecting consumer. Since ‘the toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum and’ a very powerful poison that can ‘also cause the death of those who ingest it, warns the ministry, and’ appropriate for the consumers who have purchased the pesto firm Bruzzone and Ferrari do not consume the product and return it to the point of purchase. On goods withdrawn will be placed further checks to assess the actual health risk.

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