The food preparation company in Lamia issued a statement regarding the cases of food poisoning recorded among students and also about the fire at the factory after the incident.

As he emphasizes, there were four confirmed incidents, of which three were students and one was a teacher.

Regarding the Fire Department’s assessment that the fire at the factory was caused by intent, he emphasizes that “they ignore the existence or non-existence of a finding for the fire”, however “if it is indeed arson, we want the ruthless criminals who are destroying to be exposed and arrested as soon as possible labors and efforts of an entire life”.

The company’s announcement in detail:

In the last few days the group of companies “Giannitsis Logistics SA”. has been at the center of extensive negative publicity which has given rise to a number of false and unfounded allegations which tarnish our Group’s reputation and which are neither true nor consistent with the high ethical business standards of our course since 1987.

As the investigation process is ongoing, we must respond with straightness, honesty and due responsibility regarding what is being spread, especially unfounded claims that are made solely to create impressions and have never been proven, without any respect primarily to the employees, the partners and our consumers.

Therefore, we clarify the following:

– Regarding the cases of eating disorders recorded on Friday, May 17, 2024 in primary schools of Lamia, the confirmed cases were actually four, of which three students and one teacher, as confirmed by the Lamia Hospital.
– Immediately after the news of the cases, our company followed all the prescribed procedures and protocols, as defined by the necessary agencies and competent authorities.
– At the same time, an extraordinary health check was carried out by the competent services of the Directorate of Public Health and Social Care of the Region of Central Greece at the company’s premises, followed by an inspection by the Unified Food Control Agency (EFET) regarding the manufacturing process and compliance with all the rules are foreseen.
– The fire that broke out on Sunday, May 19, 2024 at the group’s facilities in VI.PE. Lamias has not affected the production unit that produced the products but completely destroyed the maintenance and freezing warehouses.
– Following a decision by the EFET, the operation of the production unit has been temporarily suspended until the repair of the damage caused to the external area north of the production unit, as well as the carrying out of the necessary analyzes and disinfections in the premises.
– We ignore the existence or non-existence of a finding, nor do we have any regard for it, much less for its content.
– If it is indeed a case of arson, we want as soon as possible to reveal and arrest the unscrupulous criminals who destroy the efforts and efforts of an entire life, ignoring the risk of leading dozens of families to the spectrum of unemployment and significantly reducing the economic and social life of the area us, and not only!!!
– We will wait with great anticipation to learn of the relevant conclusion, so that we can proceed with the legal provisions.
– Until then, we will continue to try to expel “the black” from our lives, from the lives of our employees, our partners, friends and acquaintances so that we can rebuild with God, what they wanted to deprive us of.

We cooperate directly, willingly and with complete transparency with the competent authorities in order to understand in depth all the data and to identify the causes of the incidents. We are committed to acting on the findings of investigations and taking the necessary actions consistent with our high business standards. At the same time, we consider it our obligation to protect the Group and our people as well as our partners who have honored us with their trust for almost 40 years.

We would like to thank each and every one who participates in this test, and fortunately there are not a few of them