Bean manufacturer dragged into lawsuit over food poisoning from Samokata

As a third party in the suit of a victim of botulism, the court has attracted a manufacturer of beans. This was reported by the correspondent of "Izvestia" from the courtroom on December 18.

The Dorogomilovsky district court held a hearing on the claim of Nelly Matveeva to the service "Samokat" about compensation for moral damage. The judge raised the issue of involving Savon-K LLC as a third party.

The plaintiff, the defendant and the third party were against it, stating that it had nothing to do with their civil suit. Despite this, the judge decided to involve the bean producer as a third party, as the court's decision may affect the company directly.

The next hearing will take place on January 21.

Food formula: botulism-infected people demand millions of dollars in compensation

The courts received the first three lawsuits from affected customers of Kitchen on the District and Samokat

Earlier, on December 2, the first substantive court hearing on the lawsuit took place. During the court session it became known about the intention of "Smart Retail" to conclude an amicable agreement, but the victim was not satisfied with the amount of compensation. The hearing was postponed to December 18 because of the involvement of a third party - LLC "Lokalkitchen".

In June, Rospotrebnadzor launched an investigation after cases of poisoning and suspected botulism in Moscow. The agency determined which companies were engaged in the production and supply of low-quality products and seized almost 200 tons of them. More than 60 tons of this mass was confiscated in Moscow. The head of the agency Anna Popova said that the total number of people infected with botulism amounted to 417 people in several regions of Russia, two died.

All the victims ate salad "Lobio" from the manufacturer LLC "Lokalkitchen na rayon" ("Kitchen on the district") or salad with tuna, apple and beans from "Gastroport". After the mass poisoning, the activities of "Kitchen on the District" and the bean producer "Savon-K" were suspended. A criminal case was opened under Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Provision of services that do not meet the safety requirements for the life and health of consumers").