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Italy raw‑milk cheese safety debate

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The deaths of three‑year‑old Elia in 2024 and 13‑year‑old Mattia Maestri in August 2026 have kept raw‑milk cheese safety at the centre of Italian public debate. After Elia’s parents testified before the Senate in July 2026, the Ministry of Health recalled Salmonella‑contaminated Salame Pepperino (lot 2602233) and several STEC‑contaminated raw‑goat‑milk cheeses, reinforcing the 2025 national guidelines. Mattia Maestri, who contracted a severe enterohaemorrhagic E. coli infection from a raw‑milk cheese in 2017, died on 4 August 2026 after nine years remained in a vegetative state. state for nine years before dying on 2 August 2026 (initial reports cited 4 August). The infection caused hemolytic‑uremic syndrome, leading to kidney failure, paralysis, blindness Trento public prosecutor opened a negligent‑homicide investigation, indicting former cheese‑factory manager Lorenzo Biasi and permanent coma. cheesemaker Gianluca Fornasari. His father, Giovanni Battista Maestri, rejected refused monetary compensation and pursued criminal charges against the cheese producer and former factory manager has led a campaign for involuntary manslaughter; the court imposed fines mandatory warning labels and age‑based restrictions on raw‑milk cheeses for children, pregnant women, the producer elderly and ordered autopsy examinations. immunocompromised people. The tragedy spurred a manslaughter investigation by the Trento public prosecutor and a complaint for aggravated negligent homicide filed by the parents. Advocacy case has revived calls from advocacy groups, lawmakers and the Ministry of Health, and lawmakers continue to push Health for mandatory warning labels, age‑based restrictions, stricter supply‑chain controls controls, mandatory labeling, and possible criminal liability for producers, though producers. A manslaughter investigation and aggravated negligent homicide complaint filed by the parents remain ongoing, while comprehensive legislation remains is still pending.

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