The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has recently confirmed that a person who works at the Imperial Kitchen, located at 3164 Frankford Avenue has acute Hepatitis A. While the risk of Hepatitis A infection is very low, the Health Department recommends that people who purchased food from Imperial Kitchen between Sunday, July 21st and
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Yet, another Hepatitis A Positive Food Service Worker
Hepatitis A case confirmed in food service worker employed at Frontier Club, 116 E. Broadway, Meridian
The Frontier Club employee worked the following days and shifts while contagious:
Friday, August 2 from 9 pm to close (approx. 2 am)
Saturday, August 3 from 9 pm to close (approx. 2 am)
The risk of becoming infected…
Hey, Yum Brands KFC, why not vaccinate your employees for Hepatitis A?
According to press reports, the Marshall County Health Department said Monday it has confirmed a case of Hepatitis A in a food service worker at the KFC restaurant in Moundsville.
The alert issued by the health department is only preventive, and no cases resulting from exposure at the restaurant have been reported.
The health department…
Raw Food in Hot Cars – What Possibly Could Go Wrong?
I got this email yesterday morning:
Bill…I have followed you since the book on Jack in the Box. The National Food Safety Cause needs your help. We need to change “one” word in the 2009 FSMA regulations which will greatly reduce unsuspecting consumers from getting sick or dying because of this oversight. “Retail” to foodservice.
I think I missed this Hepatitis A scare in 2019, but not 2014

Since January 2019, Southwestern Idaho has seen an increase in Hepatitis A cases. Though a common link among cases has not been identified, public health encourages you to protect yourself by getting vaccinated for hepatitis A and using proper hand hygiene.
7/17/2019: Hepatitis…
Yet another restaurant worker with Hepatitis A – J Mart Diner Arkansas Version
Arkansas continues to have a hepatitis A (hep A) outbreak. The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is warning of a possible hep A exposure after an employee of the J Mart Diner in Redfield tested positive for the virus.
Anyone who ate at the J Mart Diner at 1101 Sheridan Rd., Redfield, Ark. from July…
Hey, have we mentioned the spike in food service workers with Hepatitis A?
A food service worker at Charlie Horse Restaurant and Lounge in Ocala has tested positive for hepatitis A. The worker was at the restaurant, located at 2426 E. Silver Springs Blvd., from July 18 to Aug. 1, and may have been contagious, according to a press release from the Florida Department of Health in…
Florida Red Lobster link in another Hepatitis A scare
Seriously, offer to vaccinate your employees.
According to press reports, a Red Lobster at 10500 East Ulmerton Road in Largo had an employee test positive for hepatitis A last week.
On Tuesday, July 30, the Pinellas County Health Department and the Division of Hotels and Restaurants conducted a joint inspection after they received confirmation of…
Broken Record – another restaurant with a Hepatitis A problem
The Florida Department of Health in Indian River (DOH-Indian River) has identified a positive case of hepatitis A in a food service worker in Vero Beach.
DOH-Indian River conducted an epidemiological investigation and today determined an individual who worked at Pizza Mia, 1115 21st Street, on July 19 through July 23 may have been infectious.…
Where have I heard this before? Another restaurant worker with Hepatitis A
Diners at a restaurant in Sterling may have potentially been exposed to hepatitis A after an employee was diagnosed last month, Virginia health officials confirmed Thursday.
According to the Virginia Department of Health, a Señor Ramon employee has been diagnosed with the virus and as a result, individuals who may have eaten at the restaurant,…