11:02, 24 January 2026

A food service outlet at a Sochi hotel has been closed after children were poisoned.

Experts have found violations in the catering services provided to guests of the Sochi hotel where child athletes were poisoned. The catering establishment has been suspended for 90 days.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," on January 7, children aged 10-12 who had come to attend a rugby competition, and adults, were poisoned at a hotel in the village of Loo in the Lazarevsky District of Sochi. The victims did not require hospitalization. A criminal case has been opened in connection with the poisoning under Article 238 of the Russian Criminal Code. .

The hotel owner questioned the theory that the children were poisoned by food in the cafeteria. She believes the arriving athletes "could have already been infected or picked up something along the way." Furthermore, she claims, the guests not only ate in the cafeteria, but also went to shops and ordered fast food to their rooms. "They constantly order delivery. They have pizzas, they have rolls, they have sushi. They arrived with sick children, they mentioned this at the counter," she told the Kub Mash Telegram channel.

The Kuban Office of Rospotrebnadzor has completed an epidemiological investigation into cases of infectious diseases at the Loo Arena hotel complex, the agency reported on its Telegram channel.

"The source and routes of transmission of the infection have been established. Violations of sanitary and epidemiological legislation were identified in the organization of children's meals: the sequence (flow) of technological processes is not followed, food products prepared the day before are used in children's meals, prepared meals are stored on the serving line beyond the established expiration date, and the expiration dates and storage temperatures of prepared meals and semi-finished meat products are not monitored," the publication states.

An administrative case has been opened against the legal entity. An offense under Article 6.6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation ("Violation of Sanitary and Epidemiological Requirements for Organizing Catering to the Public").

Inspectors drew up a report temporarily banning the catering establishment and submitted the materials to the court. "The court suspended the catering establishment's operations for 90 days," the agency reported.

The hotel owner declined to comment on the agency's decision, according to the Kub Mash Telegram channel. She ended the phone call, stating, "Do you still have a conscience?", the report claims.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/420199