Feet burned : the repression of fraud investigation on the shoes

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Published the 02.08.2017 at 11h22

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A first complaint filed in June seems to have snowballed. The Directorate-general for competition, consumption and repression of fraud (DGCCRF) addressed several cases of chemical burns caused by shoes in the Hauts-de-France. In the Pas-de-Calais region in particular, the Direction départementale de la protection des populations (DDPP) has already ” accounted for between ten and twenty testimonies of individuals who report cases of burns to the feet “.

The census is still in progress, and it calls for a victim which is not declared to be known*.

Burns and ulcers

A first victim had bought the shoes to “comfort” the store Chaussea of the municipality of Petite-Forêt, just next to Valenciennes. A week after the purchase, the first symptoms appeared. Swelling of the foot, inflammation of the Achilles tendon, and the emergence of an ulcer on the back of the foot.

#PetiteForet An ulcer on the foot due to – yet! – shoe of the chinese, bought at Chaussea https://t.co/5YmvAB0KQZ pic.twitter.com/HeuXIb7rws

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“I put a bandage on to protect and I continued to put on the right shoes… my feet are sensitive in general, but this, this had never happened to me “, told the young woman. Since this Monday, she is off work. After two appointments with her doctor, she receives on a daily basis a nurse who tries to improve the healing of his ulcer.

But his situation did not improve. “If it does not arrange, it may require a surgical intervention, said the nurse “, she had added in the log northerner.

Contacted by the victim, the store Chaussea has removed the model from sale as a precaution, pending the outcome of the analysis, and was concerned about the fate of his client. “Like every time there is a complaint, we take the matter very seriously “, explained the responsible.