R.I. Cream Pastry Salmonella Outbreak
A cream pastry Salmonella outbreak in Rhode Island has focused attention on bakery conditions at DeFusco's Bakery -- maker of zeppoles that have been associated with 19 people who became sick. Thirteen of these pastry outbreak victims were hospitalized.
Rhode Island health investigators announced a recall of all baked goods sold at DeFusco’s Bakeries following an inspection of the Johnston, Rhode Island, kitchen where the pastries were made. Inspectors found pastry cream for use in zeppoles and éclairs was stored at unsafe temperatures. In addition, the DeFusco's store contained unsafe, unsanitary conditions for food. The owner of DeFusco’s in Johnston has voluntarily closed the bakery until further notice..jpg)
Rhode Islanders who ate DeFusco's cream pastries and have Salmonella symptoms should quickly see a doctor. While not all Salmonella infections will require medical care, anyone who has been sickened should be aware of long-term effects for this type of food poisoning and the medical liabilities and other harms that go along with it.
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The Rhode Island Department of Health has learned that zeppoles cream pastries from DeFusco’s Johnston store are sold at all DeFusco’s locations and also at Calvitto’s in Narragansett; Sal’s Bakery in Providence; Focaccia World in Johnston; and American Bakery Supplies, a distributor in West Warwick. All five Crugnale Bakery locations in Providence, East Providence, North Providence, Cranston, and Cumberland also sold DeFusco’s zeppoles from March 16 through March 20.
