TWO cases of botulism in the province of Alicante and another in Germany linked to a brand of dried salted fish produced in The Netherlands has led to it being withdrawn from sale in various parts of Spain.
Salted roach (rutilus rutilus, known in Spanish and branded as such in supermarkets as rutilo), stocked in refrigeration cabinets and bearing the identification number NL-6114-EG, distributed by Monolith Alimentos España Sur (in Valencia) and Norte (in Catalunya) has been taken off the shelves after two consumers in the province of Alicante reported having been apparently affected by the bug.
Both showed ‘very similar symptoms’, although it has yet to be confirmed whether they caught botulism from eating dried roach.
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