The Italian chef and businessman Marco Sacco has been sentenced to two months and 21 days in prison, plus payment of compensation of 20,000 euros, for causing a poisoning food at a wedding banquet that affected 53 people.
The events occurred on the premises of his restaurant. Piccolo Lake of Mergozzo' in Verbania, in the Italian Piedmont, next to the waters of the Lake Maggiore. This establishment, one of the best known in the area, has a separate space called Piccolinowhere they are celebrated wedding and other events under the direction of the chef, also very popular for appearing on the Italian version of MasterChef.
According to local media, on the day of the poisoning, a risotto with raw clams infected with norovirus. Shortly after, numerous attendees began to feel unwell, experiencing similar symptoms of nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, many of them going to the emergency room, where some had to be admitted. After report the facts to Carabinieriinvestigations determined that the source of the poisoning was shellfish, whose analyzes determined that they were in poor condition.
Sacco and the restaurant director, Raffaella Marchettihave been found guilty of committing a negligence and trading in food products harmful to public health. An Italian court has just sentenced both to a prison sentence of two months and 21 days plus the payment of compensation for the couple and each affected guest.
Initially, the defense of the accused requested acquittal, alleging that the clams were contaminated at source, therefore exonerating Sacco and Marchetti from guilt. They have not yet communicated whether they will appeal the sentence.
Nicknamed 'the freshwater chef' Marco Sacco, 59, has three Michelin stars; He has achieved the first two precisely with the Piccolo Lago restaurant, to which he has added since 2022 the star of his other location, Piano 35 in Turin.
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