Overview
- Rospotrebnadzor’s Moscow office launched an epidemiological investigation after receiving information about a suspected tuberculosis case in a plant worker.
- The reported case involves a closed form of TB without bacterial shedding, according to the agency’s statement.
- Officials said preventive measures are in place, including additional medical screening for employees.
- The agency stated that production complies with sanitary rules and that processing methods exclude contamination of finished food products.
- Earlier the company told RIA Novosti there was no outbreak and that no employee had a confirmed TB diagnosis.