A regrettable incident in Casoria, Italy, raised alarms about the risks of cross-contamination in cold products and dairy desserts.
A 16-year-old student named Adriano D’Orsi, who was in his third year at the nautical institute in Bagnoli, suffered immediate anaphylactic shock after taking the first bites of a frozen product. The teenager knew about his severe intolerance to milk proteins and usually took precautions by reading labels.
His father, Mauro D’Orsi, tried to stabilize his airways with cortisone at home, but medical resuscitation efforts failed after he consumed what is believed to have been a fruit dessert.