Amendments to the legislation have been sent to the Government of the Russian Federation for consideration.
"An analysis of law enforcement practice showed that business entities, violations at the facilities of which caused the disease (poisoning), did not report the start of their business activities," the press service of the department told TASS.

Earlier, the Izvestia newspaper, citing sources in Rospotrebnadzor, reported that such amendments are especially relevant in connection with the largest outbreak of botulism in Russia in 25 years. In total, 417 people in 11 regions of the country suffered from botulism. Two of them - in the Kostroma and Nizhny Novgorod regions - died.

According to the newspaper, fines for failure to notify about the start of business activities can be almost doubled.
For officials - up to 7-12 thousand rubles, and for organizations - up to 24-48 thousand rubles.

According to the authors of the bill, the current size of fines does not encourage entrepreneurs to conduct business responsibly.