Get you up to speed: Brazilian woman dies and 117 others fall ill after eating at pizzeria
A 44-year-old woman, Rayssa Maritein Bezerra e Silva, died after falling seriously ill following a meal at a pizzeria in Pombal, Brazil. Additionally, 117 other individuals sought medical attention after consuming food from the same establishment, leading to its shutdown by local health officials.
Rayssa Maritein Bezerra e Silva, a 44-year-old agronomist, died after consuming a sun-dried beef pizza at a pizzeria in Pombal, Brazil, with 117 others reporting similar symptoms. According to the Hospital Regional de Pombal, lab tests on ingredients from the pizzeria and Rayssa’s body will be conducted as part of the ongoing police investigation, following the pizzeria’s closure by local health officials due to health violations.
Local health officials have shut down the pizzeria following an inspection that uncovered insects, improperly stored food, and other irregularities. Lab tests on ingredients from the pizzeria and on Rayssa Maritein Bezerra e Silva’s body will be conducted as part of the ongoing police investigation.
Woman dies and 117 seriously ill after eating sun-dried beef pizza in Brazil | News World
Rayssa was rushed to hospital after falling seriously ill (Picture: Jam Press)
A 44-year-old woman has died, and another 117 people fell ill after eating a unique dish at a pizzeria.
Rayssa Maritein Bezerra e Silva and her boyfriend had a ‘carne de sol’ sun-dried beef pizza at the eatery in Pombal, Brazil, on Sunday, but quickly became unwell.
After returning home, they began to feel worse and went to the hospital, where they were treated and discharged.
Rayssa returned on Monday morning with diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal pain, and her condition deteriorated ‘rapidly’, the hospital said.
Hospital Regional de Pombal said: ‘She was promptly attended to by the medical team and transferred to the Intensive Care Unit in critical condition, showing signs consistent with a severe infection.’
She died in the hospital on Tuesday morning.
It later emerged that another 117 people sought medical attention in Pombal after eating at the same pizzeria on Sunday.
Rayssa fell seriously ill after eating at the pizzeria (Picture: Jam Press)
Their symptoms included nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea and general malaise – all consistent with food poisoning.
Local health officials have since shut down the pizzeria after an inspection found insects, improperly stored food and other irregularities.
Two people remain in the hospital – an eight-year-old child and a woman.
Lab tests on ingredients from the pizzeria, as well as on Rayssa’s body, will be carried out as part of the police investigation.
Rayssa, an agronomist, worked for the local council’s environment department and had been dating her boyfriend for around a year.
Her cousin, Izabele Freitas, said: ‘She was a cheerful, down-to-earth and warm person. She was fun to be around.’
She was laid to rest in Pombal today as her family called for justice.
In December, more than 40 diners in Wales fell seriously ill after eating a pub’s Sunday lunch.
The Corner House Inn in Llangynwyd, Wales, temporarily shut its doors after Public Health Wales linked customers’ illnesses to meals served there.
While environmental health officers investigated the pub’s premises, the staff did a thorough deep clean and sanitisation.
Clostridium perfringens was identified as the cause of this illness. It’s a bacterium widespread in animals and the environment.
These bacteria can develop spores, which can survive cooking and grow during slow cooling and unrefrigerated storage. The spores can make you ill.
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