BREWSTER, N.Y. — Samples of a dozen foods that were served at a Buddhist monastery, including noodles, spring rolls and teas, have been sent to a state lab in hopes of detecting what might have sickened 150 people.
Results could take two days to a week. The outbreak was tracked to a Mother's Day celebration at the Chuang Yen monastery in Kent Cliffs. The monastery said the Sunday party included a food fair.
About 700 people attended, at least 500 of them on tour buses from New York City's Chinatown.
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Wittenberg said it's believed all the food that was served was brought in by those attending the celebration and was not made at the monastery. The typical symptoms were vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration.