Tainted water sickens dozens in Ljubljana

Due to contaminated water in the Maximarket's water supply system, the Food Safety, Veterinary and Plant Protection Inspectorate advises against consuming food that was prepared there since Saturday. Several people, including several MPs, have fallen ill.

Several deputies were probably besieged by contaminated water in the Maximarket department store in Ljubljana. The water in the store is medically unsuitable due to the presence of microorganisms, according to media reports, it was found at the company Voka Snaga. The water supply system in Ljubljana is safe and functioning smoothly, and a precise analysis of the water is still underway. Food inspectors, however, still carry out surveillance at …

Tainted water sickens dozens in Ljubljana

Water contaminated with E.coli bacteria and sapovirus has sickened at least 36 people and possibly more in a posh department store in the centre of Ljubljana, mostly staff but also members of parliament and employees of the country's largest bank. The Maximarket department store detected an infection of unknown origin among its customers and staff on 15 April and notified the Ljubljana water utility Voka Snaga immediately and banned the use of t…