The Potato omelette with onion Alipende and the potato omelette without onion Alipende has been cautiously withdrawn from establishments Save more, as reported by the distribution chain. The withdrawal of the product is linked to the four confirmed cases of bolutism and two probableaccording to a health alert published by the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (ASEAN).
The Ahorramas chain offers consumers a refund of the amount upon presentation of the purchase receipt and offers a customer service telephone number (900 113 213) after the publication of this alert from the Ministry of Health. Before the still lack of certaintysince the investigation is still open, has opted for a precautionary withdrawal
The cases have occurred in various autonomous communities and the public health services of the autonomous communities and cities have been informed through the Reporting of Alerts and Preparedness and Response Plans, to reinforce the early detection in the event of the appearance of new cases with suspicion of botulism if they occur.
So far, there are four confirmed cases of bolutism and 2 probable with a common link of consumption in the previous days of packaged potato tortilla bought in different supermarkets. Several food safety investigations are still open, Asean says.
In at least three of the confirmed cases and in one of the probable the company that makes the tortillas is the same. Till the date no evidence could be establishedneither in the products nor in the processes, that relate cause effect.