The Greens of Slovenia Party requires answers
A month from fecal water pollution at the Ljubljana Maximarket, which causes many people to get sick, It is still unclear what the causes of contaminated water were, they warned from the Green Slovenia Party. The press release stated that the competent institutions still did not submit comprehensive results of analyzes, the causes of contamination, or measures to prevent similar cases in the future.
“The Greens of Slovenia expresses serious concern over the slow response and lack of transparency, and we will continue to watch the protection of human health and the safety of our basic natural resources.
They are from Mercator for MMC They said that the parts of the Maximarket are still closed, as they have not yet been able to discover the cause, although they devote a lot of effort to detect and cooperate with external institutions and experts.
The Mercator, which operates the department store, stated that it is in their interest to find out the cause of pollution as soon as possible, but cannot yet predict when this could happen.
As part of the Maximarket, the Dobnik Chocolate Studio, my Maxi and Maxi Brunch Cafe dumplings are still closed, and the food trade operates on a limited scale.
Although the first examples of the weaknesses between employees and visitors were detected on 14 April, competent institutions such as the National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) and the Health Inspectorate, they still did not even present the comprehensive results of the investigations or explain how the contamination occurred.
“Among more than three hundred diseased were MPs and employees of nearby institutions. The analyzes were confirmed by the presence of E. coli, norovirus and sapovirus, indicating serious fecal contamination of the Maximarket internal plumbing. Despite its extensive impact on human health and potential contamination of foods that have been in transport, measures and communication of the competent institutions are insufficient. The disinfection of the plumbing began only 27. April, almost two weeks after the first signs of infection, « they wrote.
They require the immediate publication of all the results of the analyzes of water and food taken in the Maximarket and a clear explanation of the causes of fecal pollution and measures taken to prevent the recurrence of such incidents.
