New Hawaiian Sea received a B grade in its last Health Department inspection in May, but received critical contamination violations as recently as last year.
Five cases of hepatitis A infections have been reported in connection to this restaurant. Hepatitis A is contagious. If you ate at New Hawaii Sea restaurant between September 7 –
In response to cases of hepatitis A infections in an employee and four customers at New Hawaii Sea restaurant, located at 1475 Williamsbridge Road in the Bronx, the Health Department is urging customers who ate at the restaurant, either in-store, through catering or delivery, between September 7th and September 19th to receive hepatitis A vaccine
Health Department Warns Patrons Of New Hawaii Sea Restaurant In The Bronx Of Possible Exposure To Hepatitis A From September 7th To September 19th
Customers who ate food from New Hawaii Sea Restaurant in the Bronx (1475 Williamsbridge Road) Between Those Dates Should Get Hepatitis A Vaccine as soon as possible
Five Cases of Hepatitis
As of September 3, 2013, 161 people have been confirmed to have become ill from hepatitis A after eating ‘Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend’ in 10 states: Arizona (23), California (78), Colorado (28), Hawaii (8), New Hampshire (1), New Jersey (1), New Mexico (11), Nevada (6), Utah (3), and Wisconsin (2). [Note: The cases reported
According to press reports, up to 6,750 people who dined at a Southampton restaurant could have been exposed to hepatitis A, according to the Suffolk County health department.
The Department of Health Services is offering free preventive treatment after it announced Thursday it was investigating a case of hepatitis A, an inflammation of the liver
The Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) is investigating a second case of hepatitis A in a food service worker. This individual also worked at the Covered Bridge Restaurant in Contoocook, NH. DPHS’ estimates between 100 and 200 people might have been exposed to the illness.
The infected food service worker, worked at the Covered
Patrons of New York’s Westside Market are lined up for preventative Hepatitis A vaccines yesterday and will for the next few days. Hopefully the vaccines do the trick and the thousands who were exposed do not get sick. However, had that employee, who had his or her hands in you fruit, been vaccinated before, those thousands would not be standing in line to get a poke and worrying for the next few weeks if it worked or not.
OK, let’s be honest: as an attorney who makes a substantial portion of his living by filing lawsuits against restaurants, it’s not in my financial interest to have the National Restaurant Association (NRA) change its position on mandatory hepatitis-A vaccinations for food-handlers. That being said, I think the NRA’s position is largely indefensible, especially for the vast majority of independent restaurant operations who are in most cases unable to absorb outbreak-related losses from a single outlet.
The NRA’s position is for the most part based on the fact that, in 1998, the CDC waffled on its recommendations on the prevention of hepatitis-A through immunization. On the one hand, the CDC did not include food handlers among the groups of people it deemed at increased risk for hepatitis A and thus in need of prophylactic vaccinations. On the other hand, it conceded that that “persons who work as food handlers have a critical role in common-source outbreak” and that consideration should be given to whether such vaccinations are “cost-effective”. In short, the CDC left it to state and local health departments to decide what to do. Not surprisingly, most such departments have done nothing. Here are a few restaurants who likely see if differently – now:
Continue Reading Westside Market Hepatitis A Scare – Another Chance to Think Again About Vaccinations
New Yorkers are again being urged to stand in line and get Hepatitis A vaccines or Immune Globulin (Ig) shots to prevent the infection and further spread of hepatitis A after being exposed to a hepatitis A infected foodservice worker – this time at the Westside Market.
Hardly a month passes without a warning from
Customers who ate Chopped, Ready-to-Eat Fruit from the Westside Market (2589 Broadway btwn. 97th and 98th) Between Those Dates Should Get Hepatitis A Vaccine as a Precautionary Measure
No Current Reports of Hepatitis A in Customers
August 22, 2013 – In response to a case of hepatitis A in a food handler at Westside Market
Customers who ate chopped, ready-to-eat fruit from Westside Market at 2589 Broadway between August 9 and August 22 may have been exposed to hepatitis A, according to New York City Health Department officials. A food handler at Westside Market reported a case of Hepatitis A, and now customers of the market are urged to get