Information on botulism cases is expanded. There are 5 confirmed cases and 2 possible with the common link of consumption in the previous days of packaged potato tortilla.
The Palacios Alimentación Business Group has issued a statement in which it informs of the voluntary withdrawal, as a precaution, from the shelves of the points of sale of the fresh packaged potato tortilla produced in the Mudrian factory, and of the temporary stoppage of its manufacture.
Although up to now it has not been possible to establish evidence, neither in the products nor in the processes, that relates cause and effect, the Palacios group asks all those people who have purchased any of these products (Palacios, Chef Select, Auchan, Eroski, Unide, Consum, DIA, the potato tortilla with onion ESSENTIALS 600 g. from Ametller (see statement from Ametller Origin), Condis, El Corte Inglés, Carrefour, Alipende, IFA i Rikissimo Group) refrain from consuming it and proceed to return it at the point of sale.
The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) has transferred this information to the autonomous communities and cities, through the Coordinated System for Rapid Information Exchange (SCIRI) in order to verify the withdrawal of affected products from marketing channels.
When additional information is available, it will be updated.
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