Several states, CDC, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationexternal icon (FDA) have completed investigation of a multistate outbreak of foodborne hepatitis A. Hepatitis A is a contagious liver disease that results from infection with the hepatitis A virus. It can range in severity from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a severe
27 Hepatitis A Illnesses in California, Minnesota, North Dakota, Alberta and Saskatchewan linked to fresh organic strawberries branded as FreshKampo and HEB
“When in doubt, throw them out!”
Total United States Illnesses: 17 – Canada 10
United States Hospitalizations: 12 – Canada 4
Illness onset dates range from March 28 – April 30, 2022.
States with Cases: California (15), Minnesota (1), North Dakota (1) – Provinces with Cases: Alberta (4) and Saskatchewan (6)
Product Distribution: United State
10 Canadians and 17 Americans sick with Hepatitis A from fresh organic strawberries
Where the fresh organic strawberries were imported from was not disclosed.
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is collaborating with provincial public health partners, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Health Canada to investigate an outbreak of hepatitis A infections involving two provinces: Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Based on investigation findings to date, consumption
Waterville Country Club’s Nineteen 16 Restaurant link in Hepatitis A scare
The state of Maine CDC is warning of a possible hepatitis A exposure at an Oakland restaurant.
It says a food service worker had the virus, which can spread through contaminated food or water.
The worker at Waterville Country Club’s Nineteen 16 Restaurant was infectious from April 26-May 17.
If you ate or bought food
Skowhegan Maine Walmart deli customers at risk for Hepatitis A
Customers who bought food from the deli at the Skowhegan Walmart may have been exposed to hepatitis A.
A deli worker who was ill with hepatitis A handled food while infectious this Monday, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention spokesperson Robert Long said Tuesday.
Anyone who bought food at the deli between 9 a.m.
Settlements reached in Hepatitis A Outbreak
In September 2020, Louisiana Department of Health officials investigated a hepatitis A case, dating from early to mid-August 2020, linked to one of New Orleans’s most famous fine- dining restaurants, Galatoire’s in the French Quarter. In a statement released Wednesday, September 23, 2020, Galatoire’s said “a potential incident” of hepatitis A exposure at the restaurant
Luigi’s restaurant in Roanoke Virginia linked to Hepatitis A ill food service worker
Why not offer vaccination to your food service workers?
Just months ago the Roanoke City and Alleghany Health Districts (RCAHD) announced that RCAHD had identified a total of 50 confirmed primary cases and 2 secondary cases. There have been at least 31 hospitalizations and unfortunately 4 deaths.
Now the risk of another outbreak is striking
T&D Variety linked to Hepatitis A scare in Maine
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is warning consumers of possible hepatitis A exposure at a Boothbay convenience store.
A food service worker at T&D Variety at 601 Wiscasset Road, Boothbay, who was infected with hepatitis A, handled “to go” food on April 6 between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m., and on April
King Soopers deli food handler positive for Hepatitis A – consumers urged to get vaccinated
Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH), in collaboration with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), is advising the public about a potential exposure to hepatitis A at the King Soopers located at 5301 W. 38th Avenue in Wheat Ridge, Colo. A food handler at this location has tested positive for hepatitis A, a
Public Health Alerts Residents of Possible Exposure to Hepatitis A at Sunlife Organics Juice Bar in West Hollywood California
Come on CDC, let’s call for hepatitis A vaccines for all food service workers.
There has been an ongoing and massive hepatitis A outbreak that has been sweeping the United States over the last several years. Seeing yet another hepatitis A scare in a food service worker has been a far too common occurrence. Here