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# Toll Rises in Rhode Island Outbreak
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/04/toll-climbs-again-in-rhode-island-outbreak/
- Published: 2011-04-15T01:59:02.000Z
- Updated: 2011-04-15T01:59:02.000Z
- Author: News Desk
- Tags: Foodborne Illness Outbreaks, DeFusco's Bakery, outbreak, Rhode Island, Salmonella, zeppole, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 09:53

Seventy-eight suspected cases of Salmonella infection had been reported as of Friday in the outbreak in Rhode Island linked to a bakery that sold holiday pastries.

DeFusco’s Bakery in Johnston is at the center of the outbreak, which now has 46 lab-confirmed cases of Salmonella infection, the Rhode Island Department of Health reported in its latest update. Twenty-seven people have now been discharged from hospitals and one person remains hospitalized. Two people have died.

The [health department’s website](http://www.health.ri.gov/news/foodprotection/?ref=foodsafetynews.com) includes the sites where the zeppole, traditional Italian pastries associated with St. Joseph’s Day observances, were sold or served, as well as the implicated dates.