Second Death Reported in Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Tainted Zeppoles

The state Department of Health said that a second person has died from the linked to tainted zeppoles from DeFusco's Bakery in Cranston and Johnston.

Health Department officials said that the person who died was an elderly man in his 90s. He died yesterday after being hospitalized and tested positive for salmonella. He was a resident of Providence County.

The man ate a baked good from DeFusco's, which has been at the center of a major outbreak of salmonella after the bakery was found to store pasty shells in used egg crates and was storing pastry cream at unsafe temperatures. It was also cited for a umber of health violations.

More than 60 people have fallen ill after eating baked goods from DeFusco's, the health department said. 

The . In that case, the victim was an elderly man in his 80s.

DeFusco's supplied baked goods to a number of other bakeries, food suppliers and vendors. One of the vendors was a catering company that served zeppoles at a number of events at area senior centers and assisted living facilities.

The health department maintains a list of establishments that sold the zeppoles on its website.

A woman whose son contracted salmonella after eating tainted zeppoles .