Overview
- Two people have died and at least 14 others have been hospitalized with botulism-like symptoms after eating sausage and friarielli panini from the Diamante food-truck, with five patients in intensive care.
- The Italian Ministry of Health has issued a recall for four specific batches of Friarielli alla Napoletana from Bel Sapore and Vittoria brands produced at Ciro Velleca’s Scafati facility.
- The implicated food-truck has been closed and authorities have seized multiple food samples identified by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità as contaminated.
- The Procura di Paola has opened a negligence investigation targeting the food-truck operator, several production-company officials and now treating physicians, with reports citing nine to ten suspects.
- Investigators are reviewing whether treating doctors identified botulism symptoms in time and whether the food-truck operator followed hygiene protocols.