US EditionSecond Person Dies After Eating 'Toxic Broccoli' as Veg Recalled Across Italy - Liverpool Echo
Two deaths and over 17 hospitalizations followed consumption of botulinum toxin–contaminated sandwiches from a food truck, prompting a national health emergency response, officials said.
- Two people died after eating contaminated sausage and broccoli paninis from a food truck in Diamante, Calabria, southern Italy.
- The outbreak followed consumption of sandwiches sold by food truck owner Giuseppe Santonocito, who purchased supplies in late July, prompting an official investigation.
- More than 17 people were hospitalized, broccoli jars were seized, and a nationwide broccoli recall was issued amid warnings to avoid unsafe canned or jarred foods.
- Italy's Health Ministry activated health protocols and centralized antitoxin distribution using a 118 aircraft to deliver supplies to San Camillo Hospital in Rome.
- This incident is the second fatal botulism occurrence in Italy in a short span, underscoring the severe threat posed by neurotoxins from Clostridium botulinum bacteria.
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The clues led to a beachside food truck and a sandwich shop.
An Italian food truck owner is facing charges after two people died after eating one of his sandwiches. The sandwich, which contained sausage and turnip greens—a type of broccoli—contained a bacterium that caused the serious illness botulism. Several people are hospitalized.
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