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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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More Salmonella Illnesses in Rhode Island

By News Desk on April 12, 2011

The Rhode Island Department of Health has posted another update in its ongoing investigation of the Salmonella outbreak linked to zeppole and other pastry items prepared and sold last month by DeFusco’s bakery in Johnston.…

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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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Zeppole Outbreak: Why So Many Hospitalized?

By Drew Falkenstein on March 29, 2011

As of Monday, the Rhode Island Department of Health reports 33 possible cases of Salmonella with 17 hospitalized in an outbreak linked to holiday pastries called zeppole. (Wednesday update: 43 ill, possibly including one fatality…

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Rhode Island Hunts Bakeries for Bad Zeppole

By Dan Flynn on March 28, 2011

The Rhode Island Department of Health’s state laboratories were working over the weekend to pinpoint the exact source of the Salmonella infections that have apparently made 25 people sick and put 10 (corrected from 13…

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Outbreak in Rhode Island Linked to Pastries

By News Desk on March 27, 2011

A foodborne illness investigation in Rhode Island has prompted a recall of cream-filled baked goods suspected as the cause of a Salmonella outbreak that may involve at least 19 people,  the state’s Department of Health…

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