Dried morels from the ChampiBon brand recalled after the suspicious death of a young woman in Montpellier

The government website “Consumer Reminder” mentions a “probable contamination of a batch of morels by a toxin likely to cause food poisoning”. The health authorities announced Thursday, November 5, the recall of dried morels from the ChampiBon brand, marketed by the B&M France brand, after the suspicious death of a young woman in Montpellier at the beginning of the week. “Informed by the health authorities, the brands concerned proceeded without delay, because of this suspected link, to withdraw and recall the morels in question,” assures the ministry, which asks “people who hold the products affected by this recall recall not to consume them” because “they can be toxic, even after cooking”.

This concerns apartment products in lot 262306, marketed between June 23 and November 3 of this year. A suspected link with the occurrence of gastrointestinal symptoms leading to death "At this stage of the investigations carried out by the ministries responsible for Health and Agriculture, a link is suspected between the consumption of morels, the occurrence of gastrointestinal symptoms and death", explained the Ministry of Health in a press release, adding that "additional analyzes are underway". “The patient, who did not suffer from any comorbidity, presented severe gastrointestinal symptoms on November 2, a few hours after consuming dried morels,” this source further specifies.

“After contacting the poison control and toxicovigilance center in her region, the patient was referred to the nearest establishment where she was able to receive rapid treatment.” However, the 27-year-old died "within a few hours", according to her sister, who spoke in a message published on the social network Instagram. “His vital organs failed one after the other,” she said, citing “a very rare reaction.

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