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Article: E. coli outbreak linked to Taco Bell; 22 sick after eating at 3 New Jersey restaurants; Long Island cases found.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- December 5, 2006
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Byline: BETH DEFALCO - Associated Press
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. - An E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 22 people - two of them seriously - was linked by health investigators Monday to three Taco Bell restaurants in New Jersey. Investigators also were examining whether an outbreak on Long Island was connected to the fast-food chain.
All but two of the people who fell ill in New Jersey had eaten at one of the fast-food restaurants between Nov. 17 and Nov. 28, authorities said. But exactly what food contained the bacteria was still unclear.
"We have to find the food they all had in common," said David Papi, director of health for ...