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Scores suffer suspected food poisoning in Sydney

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More than a dozen people have been hospitalised after an apparent outbreak of food poisoning connected with a bakery in Sydney’s south.

New South Wales Health said 40 people had gone to hospital since Saturday after consuming food believed to be from a shop in Sylvania.

Of those people, 13 were admitted to hospital for further treatment.

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The NSW Food Authority said it was believed the people had salmonella poisoning and it was investigating the matter.

Mark Ferson, director of public health at the South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, said people had come to Sutherland Hospital with gastroenteritis after a number of them ate at one particular food premises.

He said the NSW Food Authority was inspecting the business.

“They’ve visited the premises and closed it down, so there’s no further risk,” Dr Ferson said.

“We’re in touch with people that we think have the illness and we’re asking them about their symptoms and where they’ve eaten and what they’ve eaten – so that’s an ongoing investigation that’ll take the next few days.”

A woman who spoke to Macquarie Radio in Sydney said her two sons, aged 19 and 17, fell sick after eating chicken rolls from a bakery, which has since been closed.

“The only reason we didn’t take [them] to hospital was because they couldn’t get out of the bathroom long enough to travel anywhere,” she said.

“They were very, very sick.”

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