In question: the presence of a substance banned in France
In early 2021, poison control centers reported the deaths of two young children who ingested food soaked in a raticide. Made in China, this product had been illegally introduced into Guyana and brought back to mainland France. It contained sodium monofluoroacetate, a substance banned in France due to its acute toxicity: ingestion of even a small quantity can cause the death of an adult, and from a stronger of a child. In Guyana, over the 2017-2021 period, 32 poisonings to a product in the same packaging have been reported to poison control centres. It was mostly poisoning. young children.
Accidents that have already happened
This is not the first time that an accident has occurred due to a prohibited product. A few years ago, two young children and a young girl had inhaled the vapors of a prohibited product, CELPHOS®, after it had been applied in their bedroom to fight against bed bugs. One of the children died. The product in question, illegally imported, had been purchased on a French market.