Legal proceedings have been launched regarding the salmonella outbreak that occurred in May at the private children's center "Skazka Land" in Kaliningrad, Russia. The regional prosecutor's office has filed a lawsuit with the court seeking a total of 440,000 rubles in moral damages on behalf of two young children.
In a statement on the Telegram channel of the Kaliningrad Regional Prosecutor's Office, it was stated that the prosecutor's office sent a warning to an individual entrepreneur, initiated administrative proceedings, and filed two separate compensation lawsuits for 250,000 and 190,000 rubles for the two children.
According to data from the regional Rospotrebnadzor (Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing), a salmonella bacterial infection was detected in 16 people, 11 of whom were children aged 2-5, at the center in May 2026. A prosecutor's inspection confirmed serious violations of sanitary and epidemiological legislation at the facility, with the infection spreading among children and staff, and the kitchen operating with numerous violations.
Inspections also revealed that the center was conducting unlicensed educational activities under the guise of child care and supervision. By Rospotrebnadzor's decision, the business owner was found guilty under paragraph 1 of Article 6.3 of the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses, and their operations were suspended for 80 days.
Meanwhile, it was noted that a criminal case has been opened under paragraph "b" of part 2 of Article 238 of the Russian Criminal Code (provision of services not meeting safety requirements) in connection with this incident, and the investigation is being followed by the prosecutor's office.
