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On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM Kit Redwine < [email protected] > wrote:

Italian health authorities are investigating two separate botulism outbreaks that have resulted in four deaths and multiple hospitalizations across the country in recent weeks. The incidents involved contaminated food served from food trucks in different Italian cities.

The more recent outbreak occurred at a music festival in Diamante, where contaminated broccoli and sausage sandwiches caused two fatalities and left nine others hospitalized in intensive care. The first victim, a 52-year-old male musician, collapsed and died after consuming the contaminated food. Days later, a 45-year-old female musician also died from botulism poisoning after eating from the same food truck.

The nine hospitalized, in

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