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Buryatia Food-Poisoning Cases Top 120 as Vostok Manager Is Charged

Regulators halted the producer’s ready-meal lines after finding gross sanitary violations.

Overview

  • Rospotrebnadzor reported the case count rose from 89 to 121 in less than a day.
  • Around 70 people remain under medical supervision in Ulan-Ude, with most patients described as stable.
  • Earlier testing confirmed 11 Salmonella infections linked to the outbreak.
  • Authorities traced the illnesses to meals made by Vostok, which supplies the Nikolaevsky grocery chain with about 2.5 metric tons daily.
  • Investigators seized 6.4 metric tons of products and detained a Vostok production manager, who was charged with producing unsafe food and could face up to six years in prison.