All victims of the poisoning at the Makhachkala cafe have been discharged.

The total number of patients hospitalized after the poisoning at the Makhachkala cafe has reached 16; all have completed treatment and returned home. A criminal investigation is underway, and Rospotrebnadzor has suspended the cafe's operations and is preparing a lawsuit.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," a mass poisoning occurred on November 12 in Makhachkala. After visiting the cafe, 14 people, including six children, were hospitalized.

All 16 people hospitalized after the poisoning at the cafe, including six children, have been discharged, Dagestan Ombudsman Zapir Alkhasov announced today. "All patients were admitted in moderate condition, received the necessary treatment, and after receiving negative tests, safely returned to their families," he reported on his Telegram channel after visiting the infectious diseases hospital.

The Investigative Committee of Russia for Dagestan has opened a criminal case under Article 238 of the Russian Criminal Code (provision of services that do not meet safety requirements). A report on the investigation was requested by Investigative Committee head Alexander Bastrykin, the Investigative Committee reported on November 15.

Rospotrebnadzor found "numerous and gross violations of sanitary legislation" in the cafe visited by the victims; a salmonella pathogen was found in the food.

"The facility's operations have been suspended, the premises have been sealed, and a lawsuit for the forced liquidation of the individual entrepreneur is being prepared," the department reported.