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Quebec server won’t face criminal charges in salmon tartare affair

A stock image of salmon tartare. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for The New York Culinary Experience

A Quebec server who gave a client salmon tartare instead of beef tartare will not face criminal charges.

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Crown spokesman Rene Verret said an investigation has determined there was no criminal conduct.

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The incident took place in a Sherbrooke restaurant last May.

Simon-Pierre Canuel, 34, of Gatineau, Que., filed a criminal complaint over the salmon tartare.

He said he ordered beef tartare and repeatedly told the server he was severely allergic to seafood.

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Canuel has said he left his EpiPen in the car and fell ill after taking a bite of the dish in a dimly lit room in the restaurant.

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Canuel was hospitalized and his lawyer, François Daigle, said his client fell into a coma for two days and suffered cardiac arrest.

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