Overview
- Inspectors from the municipal Dirección de Calidad de Vida y Bromatología found milanesas made with toilet paper and other severe hygiene violations at a stall on Avenida Juan Domingo Perón y Lavalle.
- Police identified the vendor as Marcos Rolando Ávila, a Tucumán native, who was detained and faces a criminal complaint for selling food unfit for human consumption.
- More than 20 kilograms of adulterated products, including spoiled chorizos and poorly stored condiments, were seized and the stall was immediately closed.
- A pregnant woman who ate a milanesa there told TN she was hospitalized for nearly six hours with IV fluids before being diagnosed with a mild intoxication at the Hospital Regional Ramón Carrillo.
- Local coverage also cites another woman who reported on social media that she was hospitalized after eating a milanesa allegedly sold by the accused vendor.