MOSCOW, March 6 (RIA Novosti) - A mass outbreak of food poisoning at a governor's ball in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk was caused by a flagrant disregard of sanitary and epidemiological norms, the Russian prosecutor general's office reported Tuesday.
The ball, thrown by Krasnoyarsk Governor Alexander Khloponin March 1, brought together more than 1,400 people, 232 of whom were suffering from symptoms of food poisoning as of Tuesday morning.
According to the prosecutor's office in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, 212 guests have so far been hospitalized with symptoms of salmonellosis.
"We have identified a number of people who were involved in the making of salads and hors d'oeuvres," the local prosecutor's office said in a statement, adding that a criminal investigation has been opened.
