Customers who ate at Hardee’s at 451 Killian Road, Richland County, between June 4 and June 20, 2019, might have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus.
South Carolina Department Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) was notified on June 21, 2019, that an employee of the restaurant tested positive for hepatitis A.
DHEC is working
The Franklin County Health Department is planning mass vaccinations after learning an employee who works at the Jack in the Box located at the Bourbeuse River Access in Union, Missouri had Hepatitis A while serving customers.
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said the employee handled food on June 9 and June 10.
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) identified additional cases of acute hepatitis A virus infection in Aroostook County. Close contacts at risk are already being notified. The only risk to the public identified by Maine CDC at this time involves a Presque Isle food service worker.
The Presque Isle case served food
The Kroger Co. said today it is recalling Private Selection Frozen Triple Berry Medley (48 oz), Private Selection Frozen Triple Berry Medley (16 oz), and Private Selection Frozen Blackberries (16 oz) manufactured by Townsend Farms due to possible Hepatitis A contamination.
No customer illnesses have been reported to date. Kroger was informed by the FDA
The County of San Luis Obispo Public Health Department has confirmed that three adult residents of the county have been diagnosed with hepatitis A following a private catered event on May 3. The cases appear to be linked to this single common source.
The Public Health Department is actively investigating these cases and contacting people
A few days ago, in Florida, ABC Action News I-Team uncovered an employee who worked inside McDonald’s at 8006 Osceola-Polk Line Road in Davenport had a confirmed case of Hepatitis A last week.
McDonald’s released the following statement:
“We were informed by the Polk County Health Department that one of our employees has become ill.
Customers who ate at Teriyaki Japan on Edgefield Road in North Augusta might have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today.
DHEC was notified on May 29, 2019, that an employee of the restaurant tested positive for hepatitis A. Customers who ate there between May
Indiana: More than 300 people who ate at a Columbus, Indiana restaurant have been vaccinated after a food handler was diagnosed with hepatitis A. A clinic was held Thursday at the Bartholomew County health department. People who were vaccinated had eaten at Mark Pi’s China Gate in the Fair Oaks Mall in Columbus, between May
Customers who ate at the Wild Wing Cafe at 1150 Bower Parkway in the Harbison area of Lexington County might have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today.
DHEC was notified on May 17, 2019, that an employee of the restaurant tested positive for hepatitis
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is primarily transmitted fecal-orally after close contact with an infected person; it is the most common cause of viral hepatitis worldwide, typically causing acute and self-limited symptoms, although liver failure and death can occur.
Rates of hepatitis A had declined by approximately 95% during 1996–2011; however, during 2016–2018, CDC received approximately