According to press reports an employee who handles food at the Roadhouse 100 restaurant on Missouri Highway 100 in the unincorporated community of Gray Summit was diagnosed with hepatitis A, officials with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Tuesday. Anyone who ate at Roadhouse 100 between June 23 and July 5 is
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Wendy’s worker positive for Hepatitis A
Seems like a daily happening – a food service worker with hepatitis A – Vaccines anyone?
An employee who handles food at a Lawrenceville Wendy’s restaurant has been diagnosed with hepatitis A, the health department said.
An investigation found that the employee worked while ill at the Lawrenceville location off Scenic Highway and may have…
Piccolo Italian Market and Deli worker found Hepatitis A Positive
The Sarasota County Health Department (CHD) has identified a case of Hepatitis A in a food service worker in Sarasota. Following laboratory confirmation on July 3, Sarasota CHD immediately began conducting an epidemiological investigation and today determined that the individual worked at Piccolo Italian Market & Deli located at 6518 Gateway Avenue while infectious.
If…
20 Years for licking ice cream, 0 Years for 10 Listeria illnesses with 3 deaths
I gave the office the 5th off, but had the opportunity to talk with Fox 10 about the “Blue Bell Licker.” According to the report:
Police in East Texas say they have spoken with the suspect in a viral video seen licking a tub of Blue Bell ice cream before putting it back in the…
GFSF is releasing the Summer Edition of FOCUS
Bethesda, Maryland—Food safety newsletter, FOCUS, targets critical new food safety challenges in China markets.
Two articles parallel regulatory bottlenecks in e-produce platforms in China and farmers markets in the US. However welcome these marketing innovations, the authors point out critical points of concern which fall within the scope of food safety regulation but to a…
There are tools to prevent E. coli outbreaks at petting zoos – are they followed?
“I think counties and states may have to reassess whether it is worth having fairs, petting zoos, and other events that bring people in close contact with animals,” suggests prominent food litigation lawyer William Marler of the Seattle law firm Marler Clark. “I know it sounds un-American, but we are now having outbreaks of E.…
Jack in the Box, why vaccinate employees AFTER a hepatitis A problem?
Public Health Supervisor Tony Buel said last Friday and Saturday, June 21 and 22, county and state health staff administered 720 vaccines to 665 adults and 55 children, who believed they may have been exposed to the virus while visiting a Union fast-food restaurant, Jack in the Box, over three separate weekends.
On Thursday, June…
Florida: Hepatitis A positive employee at Pizza Hut – also, unwashed hands, mold and odor of sewage
A joint inspection was conducted on June 11 by the state and the Pinellas County Health Department after a pizza maker tested positive for the contagious disease on June 3. The Pizza Hut at 2421 4th Street North in St Petersburg is the latest restaurant to have a confirmed case of Hepatitis A.
During that…
Hardee’s has a Hepatitis A problem – Again
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says customers who at a local fast food restaurant in Columbia might have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus.
Customers who ate at Hardee’s at 451 Killian Road, in Richland County, between June 4 and June 20, 2019 should consider vaccination as a precaution for individuals…
Mai Tai Restaurant on Presque Isle with Hepatitis A issue

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has identified a case of acute hepatitis A viral infection in Presque Isle.
Close contacts at risk are…