Authorities warning rat poison find in Romanasalat

Authorities found rat poison in Romanasalat and started a recall

09.03.2013

Free grocers and a market have bought Romanasalat from a wholesaler in Frankfurt am Main. At a food safety inspection, rat poison was found in the salad. Consumers who have eaten this salad should see a doctor quickly to rule out serious illness.

Food warning of the authorities
The health authorities warn in a recent communication before eating Romanasalat from Italy. „The product used is the rat poison Raticid. If the contaminated salad has been consumed, a doctor should urgently be consulted“. The fruit and vegetable wholesaler Özdemir from the wholesale market in Frankfurt recalled the salad called "ortofrutticola La Trasparenza" due to the toxic findings. On the portal „Food Warning“ The Federal States and the Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety have also reported a recall.

The affected salad, according to a spokesman for the regulators „Have traces of rat poison in the form of small blue granules“. The contaminated lettuce was grown in 12-headed stairs each „flying dealers in the Rhine-Main area as well as to the Istanbul market in Offenbach“.

Some salad boxes still in circulation
According to authorities, the dealer has discovered the blue rat poison grains themselves. After the find „the greengrocer immediately informed the food control“, reports a spokesman for the health department. „104 out of 110 vegetable crates were destroyed on the wholesale market“. Two boxes that were delivered to Offenbach, one has been destroyed so far. Another box was most likely purchased by a customer. Four more boxes had gone to a grocer. After that, they were probably also sold to consumers.

Consumers who have already bought the salad should destroy it immediately and never consume it. If you have already eaten the salad, you should immediately go to a doctor or clinic to check for possible poisoning.

Rat poison affects health
Rat poison becomes detectable in humans only after about six to eight hours after consumption. Once the poison has been absorbed once in a minimum dose, the venom may cause bleeding. In hemorrhagic diathesis, for example, spontaneously occurring, difficult to stop bleeding or the nose begins to bleed for no apparent reason. When dietary intake of rat poison is more common, patients with long periods of up to eight months have to expect persistent bleeding. Further questions about the salad are also answered by the poison emergency call centers. (Sb)