This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press secretary of the head of the region Timofei Goncharuk.

“The governor of the Ulyanovsk region Sergey Morozov set the task to find out if sunflower oil from a private producer is present on the shelves of rural stores,” Goncharuk said.

According to him, the head of the region instructed the Ministry of Agriculture of the Ulyanovsk Region to urgently begin the verification of the incident.

According to the regional prosecutor's office, the remains of sunflower oil, which, according to preliminary data, several residents of the Ulyanovsk region were poisoned, were seized. Appointed expertise.

Earlier, the UK opened a criminal case on the poisoning of seven residents of the Ulyanovsk region, two of whom subsequently died.

According to the regional Ministry of Health, people were allegedly poisoned with home-made sunflower oil.