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Italy Confirms Two Botulism Deaths as Nationwide Food Seizures Continue

Prosecutors in Cagliari and Paola have opened criminal probes, health authorities activated emergency antitoxin stockpiles, with lab tests still under way to identify the toxin source.

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Overview

  • A 38-year-old Cagliari resident, Roberta Pitzalis, died today at Businco Hospital after developing botulism complications from contaminated guacamole served at the late-July Fiesta Latina in Monserrato.
  • The Procura di Paola has indicted the operators of a Diamante food truck following the death of 52-year-old tourist Luigi Di Sarno and nine hospitalizations linked to a suspected botulism-contaminated panino with broccoli and salsiccia.
  • Metro Italia’s precautionary recall of two Peru-sourced avocado pulp lots (LI4218 and LI4213) remains in effect while the Procura di Paola enforces a nationwide seizure of suspected broccoli preserves.
  • The Ministry of Health activated full sanitary protocols and coordinated the distribution of antitoxin doses nationwide through military, naval and regional health networks.
  • The Istituto Superiore di Sanità is conducting laboratory analyses on seized guacamole and broccoli samples to conclusively identify the contamination vectors.