frozen berries

Frozen berries suspected in Swiss norovirus outbreak

Imported frozen mixed berries are suspected to be behind an outbreak of norovirus in Switzerland. The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) told Food Safety News that the agency

By News Desk

/ 13 Aug 2021

Frozen berries suspected in Swiss norovirus outbreak

IAFP panel breaks down challenges in genotype tracing during foodborne illness outbreaks

PHOENIX — While genotyping can provide key microbiological information and strengthen epidemiological evidence in foodborne illness outbreaks, there are still some limitations in current technology and the very nature of the

By Chris Koger

/ 19 Jul 2021

IAFP panel breaks down challenges in genotype tracing during foodborne illness outbreaks

Imported frozen berries suspected in hepatitis A outbreak

Officials in Sweden and Denmark are investigating a hepatitis A outbreak with frozen imported berries suspected to be the source of infection. Since mid-July, nine patients with the same type

By Joe Whitworth

/ 8 Oct 2020

Imported frozen berries suspected in hepatitis A outbreak

Blackberry warning remains in place as outbreak declared over

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

By Coral Beach

/ 19 Feb 2020

Blackberry warning remains in place as outbreak declared over

More patients confirmed in multi-state outbreak of hepatitis A linked to blackberries

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

By Coral Beach

/ 27 Nov 2019

More patients confirmed in multi-state outbreak of hepatitis A linked to blackberries

Wawona recalls berries from grocery chains because of positive hep A test

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

By News Desk

/ 31 Oct 2019

Researcher presents method to detect norovirus in food

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

By News Desk

/ 6 Sep 2019

Researcher presents method to detect norovirus in food

UPDATED: Townsend Farms recalls some of Costco’s Kirkland berries for hepatitis A risk

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

By News Desk

/ 12 Jun 2019

UPDATED: Townsend Farms recalls some of Costco’s Kirkland berries for hepatitis A risk

Researchers say vaccinations could stamp out hepatitis A outbreaks

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

By News Desk

/ 11 May 2019

Researchers say vaccinations could stamp out hepatitis A outbreaks

FDA: Unannounced testing of frozen berries will help prevent illnesses

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

By Coral Beach

/ 9 May 2019

FDA: Unannounced testing of frozen berries will help prevent illnesses

EU agencies practice response to multi-country foodborne outbreak

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

By News Desk

/ 18 Oct 2018

EU agencies practice response to multi-country foodborne outbreak

FSAI warns of virus risk in imported frozen berry supply chain

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

By Joe Whitworth

/ 30 Jul 2018

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frozen berries

Frozen berries suspected in Swiss norovirus outbreak

IAFP panel breaks down challenges in genotype tracing during foodborne illness outbreaks

Imported frozen berries suspected in hepatitis A outbreak

Blackberry warning remains in place as outbreak declared over

More patients confirmed in multi-state outbreak of hepatitis A linked to blackberries

Wawona recalls berries from grocery chains because of positive hep A test

Researcher presents method to detect norovirus in food

UPDATED: Townsend Farms recalls some of Costco’s Kirkland berries for hepatitis A risk

Researchers say vaccinations could stamp out hepatitis A outbreaks

FDA: Unannounced testing of frozen berries will help prevent illnesses

EU agencies practice response to multi-country foodborne outbreak

FSAI warns of virus risk in imported frozen berry supply chain

Your Support Protects Public Health