The resurgence of a hepatitis A outbreak linked to strawberries underlines the importance of complete traceback of implicated products during outbreaks, according to researchers.
Following outbreaks linked to frozen strawberries in Sweden and Austria in
Continue Reading Germany part of resurgent hepatitis A outbreak
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
Austria has become part of a multi-country Hepatitis A outbreak with 31 confirmed cases linked to frozen strawberries imported from Poland.
The outbreak of hepatitis A virus (HAV) is connected to the one recently declared
Continue Reading Austrian Hepatitis A cases match strain in Swedish 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
Update: The back of the Montana brand frozen strawberries packaging states the berries are from Egypt.
Montana brand frozen strawberries are being pulled from Canadian stores because of possible hepatitis A contamination.
This recall was
Continue Reading UPDATE: Hepatitis A illnesses prompt recall of frozen strawberries
County and state health departments continue to dribble out details on restaurants, schools and other foodservice operations that received and served frozen strawberries from Egypt that are under recall for Hepatitis A contamination as time
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State and local health departments across the country are apparently being left to their own devices to alert the public to potential Hepatitis A exposure from strawberries from Egypt as the window of opportunity for
Continue Reading FDA, shippers fail to reveal who received recalled strawberries
Health officials are urging foodservice operators — including schools and restaurants across the country — to check their freezers for recalled strawberries from Egypt that may be contaminated with Hepatitis A.
The strawberries, produced and
Continue Reading Strawberries linked to outbreak went to schools, restaurants
A vague link in the supply chain is blurring the public’s view of a recall of frozen strawberries from Egypt that are blamed for infecting at least 134 people across nine states in an ongoing
Continue Reading Public’s view of berry recall blocked by corporate consideration
Federal officials have red listed frozen strawberries from an Egyptian grower-shipper because of contamination with Hepatitis A, but they won’t say if the import ban is related to the ongoing outbreak linked to Tropical Smoothie
Continue Reading FDA bans frozen strawberries from Egyptian firm, cites Hep A
