woman burned in mouth and trachea after drinking apple juice, involuntary injury investigation opened

A 22-year-old woman suffered burns to her mouth and trachea after drinking apple juice bought in a café at the RER station in Torcy (Seine-et-Marne), learned on Saturday April 22 from franceinfo source close to the case. The apple juice had a pH of 13.8 on a scale of 14, which is a pH equivalent to soda or bleach. An investigation for involuntary injuries by legal person is open, it is entrusted to the police station of Noisiel, learned franceinfo from the prosecutor of Meaux.

According to the first elements of the investigation, a cafe employee admitted to having put a cleaning product, type detergent, in a glass bottle of apple juice. She then stored it in the back of the cafe. But one of his colleagues, who was unaware, put the bottle back on the shelf. The young woman bought this bottle on Friday morning and said she felt burns on her lips, tongue and trachea after drinking the first sip.

The expiration date of the juice was well exceeded

The victim then presented himself to the hospital of Jossigny (Seine-et-Marne) at the beginning of the afternoon, she remained under observation for the night, without her vital prognosis being engaged, according to a close source of the investigation. The Samu doctor asked for the apple juice to be analyzed. The liquid in question had a pH of 13.8, which could be similar to soda.

According to information from franceinfo, the Regional Health Agency (ARS) was notified by the framework of the Jossigny hospital. THE “stock of drinks was seized but, a priori, the bottle in question differed from the stock by its apparent age”, clarified with franceinfo the prosecutor of Meaux. The bottle in question had, according to the first elements of the investigation, an expiry date that had been largely exceeded.