A case was opened in the Moscow region on the fact of mass poisoning of children with soy meat

A criminal case has been opened in the Moscow suburb of Krasnoarmeysk on the fact of mass poisoning of children with crab-flavored soy meat. This was reported on March 7 in the press service of the Main investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Moscow region.

"A criminal case has been opened into the provision of services that do not meet the requirements of life and health safety, which led to the mass poisoning of minors (Part 1 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)," the Telegram channel says.

It was established that on Thursday, March 6, the students tried a snack of an unidentified brand, which was produced in China. As a result, the children felt unwell and were hospitalized with symptoms of poisoning. It is specified that at the moment their lives are not in danger.

Investigators and criminologists, with the participation of representatives of the prosecutor's office and Rospotrebnadzor, inspected the scene, and also seized video recordings from cameras and a batch of goods sold. The trade pavilion was sealed and closed.

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A source from Izvestia reported poisoning schoolchildren from Krasnoarmeysk with crab-flavored soy meat on the afternoon of March 7. It was clarified that the snack package did not have a label in Russian. In addition, an allergic reaction was recorded in the teacher, who was in the classroom.