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Murcia Opens Probe Into Suspected Food Poisoning at Lo Pagán Hotel, 30 Sickened

The probe focuses on sample collection to identify whether the source was spoiled product or handling contamination.

Overview

  • Sanidad is investigating a suspected food poisoning incident at Hotel Traíña in Lo Pagán, confirmed by the San Pedro del Pinatar council.
  • At least 30 hotel guests reported illness, with some treated at Hospital Los Arcos for abdominal pain.
  • Regional Public Health and the Food Safety service are collecting samples from foods served and from kitchen staff.
  • Laboratory analysis will assess whether a spoiled ingredient or contamination during food handling caused the cases.
  • Authorities have not named a pathogen, and the event follows August’s Hotel Cavana outbreak that sickened 190 and led to 21 hospitalizations for salmonella in the Region of Murcia.