Managed Substance linked to Sicknesses at Carniceria Los Cerritos

A restaurant in Merced is closed and is present process a police investigation for contaminated meals with a managed substance^[1] of unknown origin, police say.

Merced police are investigating Carniceria Los Cerritos after an area hospital reported that a number of people got here in with meals poisoning after consuming there.

Police say {that a} preliminary investigation confirmed that meals was contaminated with a managed substance of unknown origin.

Carniceria Los Cerritos at 235 West twelfth Avenue can be closed for additional investigation.

Merced Division of Environmental Well being is main the investigation however plans to get in touch with different public well being officers to analyze the scenario.

^[1] A managed substance is a drug or chemical whose manufacture, possession, and use are regulated by the federal government.