Persons involved in the case of mass lettuce poisoning in Moscow tried to destroy evidence
The defendants in the case of mass poisoning of people with salad from a delivery service tried to destroy evidence. This became known from a statement by an investigator during a hearing in the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow.
A witness reported an attempt to hide evidence. The investigator added that the cook of the Savon-K bean manufacturer Karim Normatov tried to escape and was detained at Zhukovsky airport. He stated that he was going home to Tajikistan, since his employer had let him go, and did not plan to run away.
The cook who tried to escape was arrested
On June 19, the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow arrested Savon-K cook Karim Normatov in the case of mass poisoning of people. Normatov will remain in pre-trial detention until August 15. He was charged under Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Production, storage, transportation or sale of goods and products, performance of work or provision of services that do not meet safety requirements”).
Photo: Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation / TASS
According to investigators, the accused, on the instructions of the actual head of the company, Vladimir Shin, prepared beans, violating safety requirements. This was done in order to minimize costs.
Normatov became the fourth detainee in the case. A day earlier, on June 18, three defendants were detained in this case. We are talking about the actual head of a product production company, the general director of an organization for the preparation and delivery of food in the Moscow region, as well as the head of the quality department.
Rospotrebnadzor spoke about violations in the production of contaminated products
Violations were discovered at the production of Savon-K LLC, where beans for salads are prepared, because of which Russians fell ill with botulism. Rospotrebnadzor reported this to Lenta.ru. According to them, the enterprise is located in an industrial zone near waste dumps. The company organized the process of preparing beans in violation of all norms and requirements.
![View of the territory of the Savon-K enterprise](https://icdn.lenta.ru/images/2024/06/19/19/20240619195635934/owl_wide_1200_e12924608a0a789ad156381795eb92d1.jpg)
View of the territory of the Savon-K enterprise
Photo: Mikhail Sinitsyn / TASS
In addition, the enterprise does not have a central water supply, and imported water was stored outside. The workers did not have medical books. Rospotrebnadzor noted that the operation of the enterprise has been suspended. More than 172 tons of products were withdrawn from circulation.
As of June 19, 171 cases of the disease are known in Russia. Most of those infected are in Moscow. One of them is actor Alexey Bardukov, who was hospitalized with botulism in the capital. Cases of the disease have also been registered in the Moscow region, Nizhny Novgorod region and Tatarstan.
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