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.
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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.
Virginia health officials say they have confirmed 17 cases of hepatitis A are linked to frozen strawberries used by Tropical Smoothie Cafe.
The Virginia Department of Health says testing indicates frozen strawberries from Egypt used at the smoothie chain may be to blame for the illnesses.
The 17 hepatitis cases are from across Virginia: five
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.
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
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,
Food safety advocate and attorney Bill Marler returns to Oahu to represent a victim of the outbreak.
Oahu resident Brant Mauk is suing Genki Sushi Restaurant and Koha Foods, who sold and imported scallops now believed to have triggered the Hepatitis A outbreak that has sickened 168 people and hospitalized 46 since June 2016. Michael