statemapArkansas, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia and CDC, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are continuing to investigate a multistate outbreak of foodborne hepatitis A. Information available at this time does not indicate an ongoing risk of acquiring hepatitis A virus infection at Tropical Smoothie Café’s, as the

CDC just reported that the Hepatitis A outbreak has hit 136 – http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/Outbreaks/2013/A1b-03-31/ This is the largest Hepatitis A outbreak in US since the 2003 Chi-Chis Hepatitis A outbreak that sickened over 500, killing three and causing one fellow to require a liver transplant – http://vimeo.com/39019505

By combining information gained from FDA’s traceback and