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46 treated for food poisoning at Md. food distribution business

Howard County Fire and Rescue personnel transported patients to several hospitals after an isolated food poisoning incident in Jessup

By Michelle Deal-Zimmerman
Baltimore Sun

JESSUP, Md. — Dozens of people were sickened after eating at a food distribution business in Jessup on Monday afternoon, according to Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services.

Samantha Stanton, a spokeswoman for Howard County Fire, said 46 adults were taken to hospitals Monday with suspected food poisoning.

In a release, Howard fire officials said all of the victims became ill after “allegedly eating the same food” from a business in the 7700 block of Chesapeake Bay Court in Jessup. None of the patients was in critical condition, officials said.

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