# RI.gov: Rhode Island Government


State Government Press Releases

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08/12/2008
Rhode Island has passed a new law that allows a woman to breast or bottle-feed her child in any place that is open to the public. A pre-existing Rhode Island law exempted breastfeeding mothers from disorderly conduct laws but did not provide them with the explicit right to breastfeed a child in...
08/12/2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Monday that one jalapeno pepper sample is a positive genetic match with the Salmonella Saintpaul strain causing the current Salmonella outbreak. The positive sample was obtained during an FDA inspection at a produce distribution center in Texas.