Overview

• More than 170 students at the National Intercultural University of Quillabamba fell ill after eating in the campus dining hall, with most discharged and two still under observation.
• Geresa Cusco’s health intelligence chief said laboratory results detected Salmonella spp., with suspicion falling on salads or poorly stored mayonnaise.
• Sanitary inspectors seized expired and damaged canned products for analysis, though prepared foods had been discarded, limiting direct confirmation of the source.
• The Cusco Public Prosecutor ordered diligences and forensic exams with health authorities and the Institute of Legal Medicine, citing a crime that carries a potential 4–8 year sentence for supplying unsafe food.
• UNIQ activated emergency protocols, moved patients to local clinics using university vehicles due to staffing shortfalls at the Quillabamba hospital, and pledged contractual and criminal actions against the food-service concessionaire pending findings.