People were hospitalized in Bratsk after eating in a cafe called 'I Want Shawarma,' the regional governor said.
A criminal investigation has been launched in Bratsk, a city in Russia's Irkutsk region near the Mongolian border, after 35 people complained that they felt unwell after eating shawarma, 11 of them were hospitalized, authorities said.
Igor Kobzev, the regional governor, said on his Telegram channel on Wednesday that 11 people, including five children, were hospitalized in Bratsk after eating in a cafe called"I Want Shawarma." Shawarma is a popular Middle Eastern dish and street food consisting of meat sliced thinly and stacked in a cone-like shape. According to the Global Food Consumers' Forum, shawarma poisoning is not uncommon as"unscrupulous shawarma producers, in pursuit of profit, often cook from stale products or neglect sanitary standards."
A cook holds a shawarma with seitan , during the"Vegan Fest" fair on October 13, 2014 in the Israeli city of Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv. A criminal investigation has been launched in Bratsk, a city in Russia’s Irkutsk region, after 35 people complained that they felt unwell after eating shawarma.The governor wrote on his Telegram channel that the remaining people who said they felt unwell are receiving outpatient treatment."Doctors provide all the necessary assistance in full.
Emergency services first received a call on Tuesday morning from a person who had visited the affected cafe. Later that day, more than a dozen calls were made to the city's healthcare services. All individuals visited the same cafe.
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