La crisis due to listeriosis outbreak that has been spreading from the Andalusian province to the entire national territory continues its course with increasingly worse news. Above all, regarding food safety is concerned, since in recent days two revealing facts have been discovered. Thus, since the health alert on August 15 Until today, those affected, analyzes, tests and product recalls have followed one another. In this article we want to offer you more than one chronology of the case for the meat 'La Mechá' by Magrudis.
On July 28 it all started and there are two deaths
In the town of Tomares (Seville) the first case is detected by Listeria in shredded meat products, after a family ingested it. That family celebration of 28 July with up to nine diners involved generated a food poisoning by said bacteria. Then, it was not until August 5 when another similar case occurred in the Sevillian town of Batteries, an event that has already alerted the authorities. They began to inspect the products of 'The wick' that they had sold at a local store. The tests paid off on the 9th, with the confirmation that a meat was contaminated.
The closure was opened and three days later, another person was hospitalized in San José de la Rinconada, also in Sevillian lands. However, this new case triggered a small war between the Town hall and Junta de Andalucía. It turned out that there were errors in the identification of the analysis of contaminated meat samples. In the following days, the listeriosis outbreak and the withdrawal of all meats would begin under the label 'La Mechá'. Until 5.800 kilos of product was removed from the market, bars and restaurants.
But the thing was not going to stop there, because an inspector found on August 21 a batch of meat also belonging to the company magrudis, but marketed under White brand. Those foods had to be found and eliminated as well, since two days before it was known, a child had been admitted after eating a sandwich of beef jerky. So his father claimed. The presumed infected were increasing until almost reach two hundred, although little by little these intoxications were reduced to 86. Two old ladies from 90 and 74 years passed away by the bacteria, being among the population at risk.
Origin, analysis and products of the listeriosis outbreak
Since August 8, the case for Listeria, researchers have already analyzed more than 120 samples between products and the contact surface of the meat. The samples that have tested positive for containing said bacteria have been raised to 18 in four different products. But also in the baking cart of the meat 'The wick' and, above all, in two rovers that could give rise to listeriosis outbreak. The preliminary investigation report pointed to those utensils as possible sources. But in the latest recent study, it has only been confirmed the car as contaminated.
From that contamination in the factory Magrudis SL, located in the polygon The Pine of Seville, infected products are the shredded meat and its cream, loin with sherry and paprika. Other foods analyzed such as pork rinds, chorizo or lomo zurrapa were negative in the analyzes. However, they are still working in the laboratory to draw new conclusions on the remaining samples.
Various errors and concealment of Magrudis SL
During the investigation by the listeriosis outbreak, it was discovered that the Sevillian company acted no activity license since 2015 due to the lack of documentation when he was registered in the General Sanitary Registry. This was communicated a few days ago by the City Council of the Andalusian capital, who also detected a reform in its facilities without permission of works.
In addition, the company hid that he made spicy, sweet chorizo and blood sausage in your production statements. Nor did it communicate after the crisis that it was marketing other products with different label to 'La Mechá'. Various errors and concealment that have not helped to solve this alarming food safety event.
La Listeria in the body it causes a disease similar to gastroenteritis in symptoms. It can be fought with antibiotics in a period of five to fifteen days, depending on the patient. Three pregnant infected, risk group also, had to abort a few days ago when this investigation continues listeriosis outbreak unprecedented in Spain.
