- Anna Bellisario, 20, died after eating the dessert in January last year.
- Some restaurant employees, according to local media, had no idea what “vegan” meant.
- Giuseppe Loiero and his mother Giovanna Anoia will now be tried
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The creators of a killer ‘vegan’ tiramisu that allegedly caused a fatal allergic reaction in a 20-year-old woman will stand trial for manslaughter in Italy.
Anna Bellisario was allergic to dairy products and died after eating four spoonfuls of the creamy dessert, which contained traces of mascarpone cheese.
Now Milan Deputy Prosecutor Tiziana Siciliano and Prosecutor Luca Gaglio have demanded that the bosses of GLG SRL, the family business that made the dessert, be prosecuted.
Local media said Giuseppe Loiero and his mother Giovanna Anoia will face trial after prosecutors discovered damning communications between the two.
They are accused of complicity in murder and on January 15 the investigating judge issued a ban on them from carrying out business activities for one year.
One admitted that they had not taken allergy sufferers into account when creating vegan recipes.
Anna Bellisario and her boyfriend were having dinner at a fast food restaurant in Milan on January 26 last year. She suffered anaphylactic shock and died on February 5 at the San Raffaele hospital.
Creators of killer ‘vegan’ tiramisu are now in court accused of manslaughter (File Image)
Bellisario and her boyfriend were having dinner at a fast food restaurant in Milan on January 26 last year.
When ordering the tiramisu, Bellisario allegedly checked the label, but also asked for more information due to his strong allergy.
She then began eating after being calmed down, it was reported.
After the second spoonful, he felt sick and ran to the bathroom to try to vomit.
He took the asthma medication and cortisone that he always carried, but shortly afterwards he lost consciousness and later died in the hospital.
He died in San Raffaele hospital on February 5 after suffering massive anaphylactic shock just minutes after eating the deadly dessert.
After his death, the Italian Ministry of Health recalled several products marketed as vegan and recalled a number of products that had a “suspected presence of allergens not declared on the label.”
Many of them would have been produced by the GLG company.
Traces of dairy protein were also identified in other tiramisu containers of the same brand.
When ordering the tiramisu, Bellisario allegedly checked the label, but also asked for more information due to his strong allergy.
In addition, traces of egg were found in the mayonnaise of the supposedly vegan sandwich that Bellisario had as a main course at the restaurant.
Researchers claim that the dessert contained a large amount of dairy proteins due to the incorrect use of mascarpone in the preparation of the cream intended for tiramisu.
Prosecutors also said that mascarpone was not a contamination in the desert, but was actually used as an active ingredient.
Police discovered “critical issues” with food safety and production procedures, according to local media.
It was suggested that if the separation of ingredients and environments had been respected, and appropriate training had been provided to staff – instead of a four-hour course – no mixture of casein with plant-based products would have occurred in the laboratory. pastry shop, which caused the girl’s death.
Prosecutors will say that vegan and non-vegan foods were stored and prepared next to each other with a high likelihood of cross-contamination.
And some employees, according to local media, had no idea what “vegan” meant.