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Toll Rises in Rhode Island Outbreak

By News Desk on April 15, 2011

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…

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Second Death in Rhode Island Salmonella Outbreak

By News Desk on April 9, 2011

The Rhode Island outbreak of Salmonella linked to contaminated pastries has claimed a second victim.

A man in his 90s, who had been hospitalized and had tested positive for the outbreak strain of Salmonella, died…

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Lawsuit Filed Against DeFusco's Bakery

By News Desk on April 5, 2011

A Bristol County, Massachusetts mother filed suit Monday against the Rhode Island bakery whose zeppole have been determined to be the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened dozens.

The lawsuit was filed in…

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Zeppole-Linked Salmonella Count Climbs

By News Desk on April 2, 2011

Nine new cases of Salmonella infection were reported Friday in Rhode Island in an outbreak linked to Italian pastry. The illness total is now 56.

Almost all of those sickened, including a man who died,…
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More Suspected Cases of Zeppole-Linked Salmonella

By Mary Rothschild on March 31, 2011

The number of suspected Salmonella infections associated with pastries made by a Rhode Island bakery is up to 47, the state’s health department reported Wednesday.

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Health officials said 23 of the cases have been…

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One Dead, 38 Ill from Salmonella Linked to Pastry

By Mary Rothschild on March 30, 2011

One man has died and there are now 38 other cases of suspected Salmonella infections in the Rhode Island outbreak linked to Italian pastries from a Johnston bakery.

The Rhode Island Health Department said Tuesday…

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