After pesto in Indre-et-Loire and sardines in Bordeaux, it's the turn of pork terrines. The Isère prefecture announced on Friday that it had ordered the recall of a few dozen artisanal cans of pork terrines, after the report of suspected botulism in a person who had consumed them.
The Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Regional Health Agency (ARS) received on Thursday the report of this case suspected of being affected by this serious neurological condition, indicates the prefecture in a press release. The person who “consumed a pork terrine produced on the farm, by the EARL (Limited Responsibility Agricultural Operation, Editor's note) Les Peupliers” in Mottier (Isère), “was taken into medical care”, specifies. She.
The presence of botulinum toxin confirmed
Analysis by the Pasteur Institute of “remains of pork terrine called into question” […] confirmed the presence of botulinum toxin and the bacteria producing the toxin,” according to the prefecture. “The production conditions do not make it possible to guarantee the sterilization of the jars”, the authorities have decided to withdraw and recall “a few dozen” of these preserves put on sale at the “Chez Barbier” farm, in Mottier, adds the prefecture. .
The latter calls on people who have consumed it “to exercise the greatest vigilance, and to consult a doctor in the event of symptoms (vision problems, difficulty swallowing, dry mouth, difficulty speaking) by mentioning this alert”. She also invites those who have them not to consume them or open them and to throw them away.
Botulism is a rare and serious neurological condition, fatal in 5 to 10% of cases, caused by a very powerful toxin produced by a bacteria which develops particularly in poorly preserved foods due to lack of sufficient sterilization. It causes eye problems (blurred vision), difficulty swallowing and, in advanced forms, paralysis of the muscles, particularly respiratory muscles, which can lead to death.
