Overview

• Sausage-and-kale sandwiches sold by a food truck in Diamante and guacamole served at a Latin festival in Monserrato have been linked to dozens of botulism cases
• Hospitalized patients exhibited neurological and gastrointestinal symptoms and two received antitoxin with additional doses airlifted from Rome
• Metro Italia has recalled one-kilo Metro Chef avocado packs from Peru, suspecting they played a role in the Sardinia guacamole poisoning
• Health inspectors shut down the implicated Diamante food truck and seized food samples for laboratory testing to pinpoint the contamination source
• The Italian public prosecutor’s office is investigating the truck operator and ingredient suppliers on charges including negligent homicide, bodily harm and distributing harmful food