If the Smooties do not get you, the employee will!
Anyone who ate at the Tropical Smoothie Café in Gainesville beween July 28 and Aug. 18 may have been exposed to hepatitis A, according to the Prince William Health Department.
An employee of the restaurant at 8069 Stonewall Shops Square was diagnosed this week with
The number of confirmed cases of hepatitis A linked to frozen strawberries used at Tropical Smoothie Cafes across Virginia continues to climb.
As of Friday, there were seven new confirmed cases, bringing the total number of cases among Virginia residents to 35, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
Breaking down the numbers, there are
According to the Virginia Department of Health, there have been 28 confirmed cases of hepatitis A linked to frozen strawberries used at Tropical Smoothie Cafes across Virginia.
This includes five cases in Central Virginia.
There are ten in Northern Virginia, five in Northwest Virginia, and eight in the eastern region on the state.
Throughout the
The Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) is continuing to investigate a cluster of hepatitis A infections in the state.
On August 15, 2016, HDOH identified raw scallops served at Genki Sushi restaurants on Oahu and Kauai as a likely source of the ongoing outbreak. The product of concern is Sea Port Bay Scallops (Wild Harvest,
According to the Virginia Department of Health, there have been 23 confirmed cases of hepatitis A linked to frozen strawberries used at Tropical Smoothie Cafes across Virginia.
This includes four cases in Central Virginia. There are seven is Northern Virginia, four in Northwest Virginia, and eight in the eastern region on the state.
The Virginia
Starn O’Toole Marcus & Fisher, a Honolulu law firm in partnership with leading food borne illness lawyer Bill Marler, has filed a class action lawsuit as a result of the Hepatitis A outbreak in Hawaii. The suit names as defendants Genki Sushi, Koha Foods and Sea Port Products as the sources of the contaminated food.
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is investigating a cluster of hepatitis A cases and has identified a potential association with smoothies from Tropical Smoothie Cafe restaurants in Virginia. Genetic testing shows the illnesses were caused by a strain of hepatitis A that has been associated with past outbreaks due to frozen strawberries from Egypt.
Scallops went to Hawaii, California and Nevada – no reported illnesses in California and Nevada, 206 in Hawaii
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local officials are investigating an outbreak of hepatitis A illnesses linked to raw scallops.
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According to press reports, federal laboratory tests confirmed the presence of hepatitis A virus in scallops from the Philippines that the state Health Department had identified as the likely source of the disease outbreak in Hawaii, officials announced this afternoon.
The Hawaii Health Department blocked the sale and distribution of Sea Port Bay Scallops (Wild