"The Transport Prosecutor's Office is checking the implementation of legislation in the field of catering services on the territory of the geobase (recreation building) of the Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University," the statement says.

According to preliminary data, after dinner on July 11, 125 adult students felt signs of poisoning.

"On July 13, 2021, Rospotrebnadzor from the Luga Interdistrict Hospital received urgent notifications about the registration of acute intestinal infection in six students," the message says.

It is clarified that the activities of the geobase are temporarily prohibited.

The Rospotrebnadzor Administration for the Leningrad Region conducts a sanitary and epidemiological investigation into the causes of poisoning with sampling food and water.

Earlier, gastroenterologist, candidate of medical sciences Margarita Arzumanyan told why alcohol should not be taken in case of food poisoning.