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15 now sick in major E. coli outbreak at Chicken & Rice Guys

Chicken and Rice Guys on Harvard Ave. Joanne Rathe / Boston Globe

Another case of E. coli infection linked to Chicken & Rice Guys food outlets was identified Thursday, bringing to 15 the tally of people sickened in one of the bigger food-borne illness outbreaks to strike the state.

State and municipal health officials were testing food from the restaurants and samples from about 120 food handlers associated with the now-shuttered Chicken & Rice Guys restaurants and food trucks, in the hope of pinpointing the source of the illnesses.

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