Five dead from suspected food poisoning in southern France
April 1, 2019
9:25 pm
Five residents at a retirement home in southern France have died and more than a dozen others are in a serious condition after a suspected case of mass food poisoning, officials said Monday.
Twenty-two people at the privately operated Cheneraie residence in Lherm, a town south of Toulouse, began showing symptoms including vomiting after dinner on Sunday, police said.
Four deaths were initially announced by officials, and a source close to the investigation later told AFP that a fifth person had died.
The victims — four women and a man — were aged between 72 and 95.
Toulouse prosecutor Dominique …
