Valencia (EFE).- The Ministry of Health has confirmed this Tuesday that 44 of the diners invited to the recording of the Masterchef program on January 19 at the Oceanogràfic in Valencia suffered food poisoning.
A worker at this leisure space, affected by poisoning, has publicly denounced the case on her social networks.
In a publication in which she includes a photo of her and her colleagues sitting at the table during the program, this employee affirms that they all had gastroenteritis: “The next night I had to go to the emergency room to get an injection of Primperan to stop vomiting” .
“I lost 5 kilos in three days”, he added, and denounced that, since January, “they have not even had the decency” to write to apologize, although after publishing this story he has protected his account on the social network Twitter .
Likewise, he explained that he called them “Public Health to investigate what happened” but regretted that the thing “did not come to anything.”
A total of 44 people intoxicated during the recording of the episode in Valencia
From the Ministry of Health they have specified that a total of 44 people were intoxicated during the recording of the episode, and that the symptoms they presented were those of gastroenteritis, that is, vomiting and diarrhea.
They have assured that the Valencian Department of Health carried out a study of contacts a few days after the event, after receiving an initial notification that there had been poisoning.
As a result of this study, it was possible to know the number of people affected, 44, although not if they had to be treated in health centers or not, nor what food was the cause of the infection, since days had passed since the event and there was no food to analyze anymore.
They have also explained that this incident was notified to the Ministry of Health, the Department of Public Health, which was the one that coordinated all the efforts with the program and made other inquiries.
The producer of Masterchef regrets the intoxication of diners
The producer of the program, Shine Iberia, has lamented “the indisposition expressed by some of the diners who attended the recording of our exterior in Valencia, with whom they were in contact at all times through the Oceanogràfic, as they were personal of the company”.
“This is an absolutely exceptional case in these 11 years of MasterChef in Spain, a program where it is an absolute priority to guarantee the food care of the people involved,” they have assured.
The producer explained that during the filming in Valencia the food was analyzed at source with positive results and its traceability was guaranteed throughout the process.
In this sense, they have ensured that “the competent health authorities were informed and documented” when the facts became known.
On the other hand, from the Oceanogràfic they have assured that they hosted the event “like any other” and that the facilities were “a mere container”, without any relation to the food that was prepared.