Rabat- Last week, a two-year-old girl died in Rabat after eating expired potato chips, a communiqué of the Ministry of Health announced Tuesday, April 3.
Rabat- Last week, a two-year-old girl died in Rabat after eating expired potato chips, a communiqué of the Ministry of Health announced Tuesday, April 3.
The communiqué informed that the child, Jannat Lakhlifi, had been poisoned from consuming expired chips. She suffered severe abdominal pain, followed by diarrhea and vomiting which began on March 17. March 19, she was transferred to a local hospital in Hay Farah where she received emergency treatment.
Lakhlifi passed away just a few hours after she was admitted to a children’s hospital in Rabat, the Regional Directorate for Health in Rabat reported.
The same source added that the chips were “one Dirham potato chips,” which were largely bought and consumed by children from the region of Hay Farah.
