Whilst not minimising the potential seriousness of this incident in any way it appears that there is a lot of premature jumping to conclusions here.
Its a well known fact that the SOP '2 pilots must not eat at the same time' is almost universaly ignored on the line, but ironicaly one of the only Skippers to stick to it came a cropper recently on a Nice flight, allegedly.
I always understood it was the same meal rather than the same time (although that would make sense from the point of view that it would be sensible to have one pilot at the controls whilst the other eats)
Rumor has it that on arrival in Nice the co-pilot complained of food poisoning (from the crewfood)
Has anyone seen the pathology reports from samples of this meal - if indeed any were ever taken?
the Capt started to get the same symptoms from the same source (sauce?)
How can you be sure? You don't know that the airline food was the source of the pilot's problem. Isn't it possible that fresh meals would have been loaded at Nice and as this is the return leg would it not be unlikely that they were obtained from the same supplier?
Again rumor has it
The important word here is
RUMOUR The
FACTS, as far as I can see, are that one pilot became unwell (allegedly prior to the flight) and the other during the flight.
There is a very simple, possible explanation for this and one which does not involve food at all. It is a nasty, airborne virus called Rotavirus. No eating, drinking, or even sharing of mugs, cutlery etc is necessary and it can be very quick acting.