Federal officials still can’t say for sure where the blackberries came from, but today they repeated their public warning about fresh berries that were sold in the fall of 2019 and linked to a multi-state
Continue Reading Blackberry warning remains in place as outbreak declared over
The patient count in a multi-state hepatitis A outbreak traced to fresh blackberries continues to rise, even though the berries were sold two months ago.
As of Nov. 26, there are 14 people across five
Continue Reading More patients confirmed in multi-state outbreak of hepatitis A linked to blackberries
A frozen fruit supplier for the Aldi and Raley’s grocery chains is recalling frozen berries because a government test returned a positive result for hepatitis A.
Wawona Frozen Foods packaged frozen berry mixes containing raspberries,
Continue Reading Wawona recalls berries from grocery chains because of positive hep A test
A rapid method to detect human noroviruses in food has been proposed in Finland.
The findings were part of a doctoral dissertation comparing four published extraction methods for detection of norovirus in lettuce, ham, and
Continue Reading Researcher presents method to detect norovirus in food
UPDATE: An FDA spokesman told Food Safety News that the agency cannot make public specific details, including what other entities bought the implicated berries from Townsend Farms, while the investigation it is ongoing.
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Continue Reading UPDATED: Townsend Farms recalls some of Costco’s Kirkland berries for hepatitis A risk
Reports of hepatitis A infections in the United States increased by about 300 percent in 2016-2018 compared with the previous two years, according to research published this week by the Centers for Disease Control ad
Continue Reading Researchers say vaccinations could stamp out hepatitis A outbreaks
Federal officials are collecting 2,000 samples of frozen berries produced in and imported to the United States as part of an effort to develop preventive controls against pathogens such as hepatitis A and norovirus.
The
Continue Reading FDA: Unannounced testing of frozen berries will help prevent illnesses
Five European food safety agencies have met to practice response to an emergency food safety incident.
The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) of Germany, Economic and Food Safety Authority (ASAE) in
Continue Reading EU agencies practice response to multi-country foodborne outbreak
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has reiterated advice to boil imported frozen berries before eating following multiple alerts across Europe for Hepatitis A and norovirus.
The agency recommends boiling them for one minute
Continue Reading FSAI warns of virus risk in imported frozen berry supply chain
More than 50 people in five states are confirmed with Hepatitis A infections in an outbreak associated with frozen strawberries from Egypt that were served at Tropical Smoothie Café locations in Virginia. The vast majority
Continue Reading Hepatitis A outbreak linked to smoothies spans 5 states; 51 sick
UPDATE: After this story posted, a spokeswoman from the Virginia Department of Health provided additional details about the outbreak. As of the afternoon of Aug. 26, there were 35 confirmed cases of Hepatitis A, with
Continue Reading UPDATE: Virginia offers few details about Hepatitis A outbreak
