Twenty two people, including six children, were hospitalized July 8-11 with severe food poisoning after eating at a café in Mukachevo, Zakarpattya region, the press service of the Emergency Ministry said.
All victims ate Banana Hill cakes made in the pastry shop at 39, Nedetsei Street, and sold to three local cafes.
The case follows a flurry of mass food poisonings in the Zakarpattya region. Days earlier, more than 60 children vacationing in the Perlyna Karpat sanatorium were hospitalized. Several other poisoning cases which have affected dozens of people in the region have been reported in recent days.