Illegal bread baking investigated in Naples

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Illegal bread baking investigated in Naples
By Sandra Jontz, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Wednesday, October 1, 2008

NAPLES, Italy — If you thought the water was bad, don’t try the bread.

Illegal bread makers throughout Naples have produced bread rife with toxins, and in some cases, burned in ovens stoked by wood from recycled coffins, Italian officials said.

"Yes, you understood correctly. The wood we have found has been from recycled coffins," said Francesco Borrelli, assessor for agriculture for the province of Naples.

He advises consumers against buying bread from street vendors, and to instead buy bread only in stores and prepackaged in plastic bags.

A yearlong investigation revealed that illegal bread ovens — many of which are run by the local mafia — use recycled wood as fuel, including varnished doors.


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