ArmInfo. The Food Safety Inspectorate began inspections in all schools in the city of Artashat after the mass poisoning of children. It is planned, in particular, to check the conformity of the canteens with sanitary and hygienic standards, as well as the conformity of the sold food products with the safety requirements prescribed by law. By the end of the year, similar checks will be held in all regional and capital schools.
To recall, yesterday 24 schoolchildren of the local school N5 were hospitalized in the city hospital of Artashat. According to preliminary data, the cause of the poisoning was pizza with sausages, produced by private enterpriser Anahit Vardanyan. On this fact, the Ararat Regional Department of the IC initiated a criminal case under paragraph 2 of the second part of Article 279 of the RA Criminal Code.
The results of the laboratory study will be known before the end of the week.