The entire Fresh’Up range was recalled on March 18 due to the presence of the bacteria “Escherichia coli”. According to health authorities, the resurgence of cases of serious contamination had caused the death of two children in France since the beginning of the year.
Le Monde with AFP
Two stores of the Franprix brand have continued to sell pizzas from the Fraich’up de Buitoni range, yet affected by a product withdrawal procedure for more than three months, revealed rmc Tuesday June 14. After the revelations, the group reacted by ensuring “reconstructing within 48 hours” all of its stores.
It is Richard Legrand, a lawyer representing families of victims who filed a complaint against Buitoni (Nestlé group) due to contamination to the Bacterus E. Coli de Pizzas Industriels de la brand, which has been alerted, explains RMC . One of the stores continuing to sell pizza concerned by a product recall since March 18 is located “very close to the Champs-Élysées”, the other “in the heart of Paris”, according to the media.
Survey for manslaughter
In a press release, Franprix accused the managers of the two stores of not having “respected the procedure” of recall and of being “went beyond [measured] security measures”. “They committed a gross negligence that we condemn firmly,” reprimands the brand again.
She ensures that she will take “sanctions that meet the severity of the situation” and that she has deployed a “visual verification in 100 % of stores”, which will all be “reconstructed within 48 hours “To ensure that the recall procedure is well respected. “In cases where stores are identified, the goods must be destroyed immediately, and sanctions will be taken against managers,” says Franprix, who is part of the Casino group alongside brands like Géant, Monoprix, Vival or Naturalia.
Buitoni pizzas are suspected of having caused the death of two children, and judicial information was opened in particular for manslaughter with regard to a person, involuntary injuries concerning fourteen people, put on the market A product dangerous for health and endangering others.
In total, “56 cases, including two deceased children, were infected with bacteria sharing the same characteristics”, and the investigations “confirmed a link between the occurrence of these cases grouped of infection and the consumption of pizza pizza frozen frozen range from the Buitoni brand, “according to the health authorities.